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"The Good Lord Mayor."
Lord Mayor of Dublin, 1732-3, M.P. for Dublin, 1733-6. See pp. 9-15
FruDli^picrr—Fiviii a Mrz-.ntiiit in jios^imi^ioh of I/u J!<r. II. B, SiniiiZ!/.
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THE FAMILIES
OF
French of Belturbet
AND
Nixon of Fermanagh
AND THEIR DESCENDANTS
BY
The Rev. HENRY BIDDALL SWANZY, M.A.
IPBINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION.]
1908.
0
DUBLIN : PRINTED ET ALEX. THOM & CO. LIMITED.
THE LIBRARY
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITVI
PROVO, UTAH
PREFATORY NOTE.
An attempt has beeu made in the following pages to put on record
what can be discovered concerning the descendants of two Irish families
which became allied in 1737 by the marriage of the Rev. Andrew Nixon
with Marianne French. The various families detailed on pp. 83-127,
are descended from that marriage.
The Public Record Office contains evidence of the existence of many
other persons of the names of French and Nixon, who, from the localities
in which they lived, were very probably of the same stock, but as no
proof of their relationship has been forthcoming, as a rule they have
not been mentioned in the book.
It has been found necessary to condense the work as much as
possible, and to leave out some biographical details which might have
been inserted. I have tried in most instances to give chiefly those
which come from unfamiliar sources.
The evidence for the earlier generations in the 17th and 18th
centuries is in almost every case clear and complete. In the very few
instances where the exact connection of certain persons with the family
has not been discovered, due mention has been made of the fact.
For the details regarding the later generations I have to thank a
host of correspondents. In some cases information could not be
obtained.
I have to acknowledge assistance derived from the genealogical
works of Foster and Burke.
It would be quite impossible to name all those who have helped me,
but my thanks are specially due to Mrs. Blake, Mrs. Izod, Mrs. Oakes,
Mrs. J. H. Pigot, Mrs. F. J. B. Priestley, Miss Saxby, Mrs. H. B.
Stanford, Mr. G. D. Burtchaell, Dr. Crone, Major Crookshank, Dr. F.
C. Crossle, Mr. P. Crossle, Major Gore Little, Mr. E. Higinbotham,
Lieut.-Colonel G. H. Johnston, Mr. W. T. Kyle, Mr. 0. F. D. Nixon,
Mr. W. Jackson Pigott, Mr. Henry F. Reynolds, Capt. Spedding, the
Rev. W. B. Stanford, and Mr. Erskine West for information constantly
and freely given. Some further assistance is acknowledged in tho
foot-notes. I am also indebted to Mrs. F. R. Carter, Mrs. Walton, Mr.
T. Cosby Burrowes, and Mr. G. F. Mackarness for lending me printed
histories of their families ; to Mr. Conway Dighton for kindly writing
the account of his ancestor, Archdeacon Benning, in Appendix XL,
to Major-General John Eccles Nixon, C.B., for numerous family notes,
IV
and for liberal support ; to Sir Arthur Vicars, K.C.V.O., Ulster King
of ArmSj for permitting me to inspect documents in his office ; to the
officials in the Public Kecord Office, Trinity College Library, the
National Library, and the Registry of Deeds for their unvarying
courtesy ; to Miss Erskine, Miss Priestley, Miss Reynolds,' Mrs. Swanzy
(of Newry), Mr. J. H. F. Nixon and Sir Henry Swanzy for allowing
me to reproduce pictures in their possession ; to Mr. J. R. Blake for
the drawings in his well-known style of the arms of Nixon, Swanzy and
Higinbotham as recorded in Ulster's Office ; to my friend Mr. T. Geo.
H. Green for reading all the proofs, and for numerous suggestions
and help in many ways ; and to Messrs. A. Thom and Co. for the interest
they have taken in the production of the book.
I should be most grateful for any corrections or additions regarding
those mentioned in this work, and for notes of any changes which may
occur in the future.
HENRY B. SWANZY.
Ivy Lodge, Newry, Co. Down,
December, 1907.
CONTENTS.
Prefatory Note,
Contents,
List of Illustrations .
Sketch Pedigree of Nixon
Sketch Pedigree of Swanzy
Sketch Pedigree of French
Page
iii
V
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. viii
ix
X
PART I. ^
French of Belturbet.
Chapter I. Mathew French, Senior, . . . .1
II. Richard French and his descendants, "the Good
Lord Mayor," . . . -7
III. Mathew French, Junior, and his descendants . 17
IV. Stanford of Carn. Daniel French, and his descendants 26
V. Families of Warburton, and Sonierville, Lord
Athlumney . . . . .34
VI. Tisdall of Bawn, and Families of Voules, Marlay,
and Manners, Duke of Rutland, . . 38
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PART II.
The Family of Nixon.
Chapter I. Early Nixons
„ II. Main Stem
„ III. Nixon of Mullaghduff
„ IV. The Eccles Nixon Branch
J, V. Nixon of Nixon Hall
VI. Nixon of Nixon Lodge, Swanzy of Avelreagh .
VII. Enery of Bawnboy and Ballyconnell, and Nesbitt
and Burrowes of Lismore, all in Co. Cavan
„ VIII. The Brinsley Nixon Branch
„ IX. Higinbotham of Nutfield
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43
46
48
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66
83
128
138
151
APPENDICES.
Page
Appendix I. Will of Thomas Nixon, 1738 . . .167
II. Will of James Nixon, 1752 . . .169
„ III. Will of the Rev. Adam Nixon, 1767 . . 170
„ IV. Will of the Rev. Andrew Nixon, 1773 . 172
,, V. Ensign's Commission, Henry Swanzy, 1688-9 . 173
, VI. Robert Meade and his descendants . . 174
„ VII. Nixon of Cranleybeg . . . .177
„ VIII. Notes on early Nixons in Cos. Fermanagh and
Cavan ..... 182
,, IX. Swanzy of Cavan .... 184
„ X. Erskine of Cavan .... 187
„ XI. Conway Benning .... 197
Index
. 199
ILLUSTRATIONS,
Humphrey French, M.P., " The Good Lord Mayor " Frontispiece.
Harriett, wife of Thomas Reynolds, and dau. of Wm.
Witherington ....
Arms of Nixon ....
Major- General Sir Eccles Nixon
Major John Nixon, 17th Regt.
Nixon Hall, Cleenish, Co. Fermanagh
The Rev. Andrew Nixon
Marianne, wife of the Rev. Andrew Nixon, and dau,
of the Rev. Mathew French
Arms of Swanzy ....
Henry Swanzy .....
Anne, wife of Henry Swanzy, and dau. of the Rev.
Andrew Nixon .....
Arms of Higinbotham ....
Archibald Erskine . . . . ■
Colonel James Erskine, C.B. . . . •
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PART I.
FRENCH OF BELTURBET.
CHAPTER I.
Mathew French, Senior.
Early in the seventeenth century, Richard French, merchant, hved
at Belturbet, Co. Cavan. His connection with the old family of the
name in the West of Ireland is not clear, though the name Mathew
which he gave to one of his sons, also appears in the families of French
of Galway, and French of Cork.* Berry, in his Encydoposdia Heralika,
states that the following arms were granted in Ireland to the family
of French of Belturbet, 26 July, 1682 : " Per bend sinister, engrailed,
or and sable, a lion rampant between two fleur-de-lis counter-charged.
Crest : a fleur-de-lis, or, charged with a trefoil vert." No trace of
this grant now remains in Ulster's Office, and Mathew French, in 1688,
sealed his will with the arms of French of Galway. While Uving at
Belturbet and acquiring position and property in Co. Cavan, the family
carried on the hardware business in High Street, Dublin, for about a
century, and it will be seen later (p. 17) that Mathew French, junior,
supplied the powder and ball used in the defence of Derry and Enniskillen
during the Revolution.
RICHARD FRENCH, of Belturbet, married twice. By his first
wife he had a son : —
I. Robert French a legatee of his father in 1637, probably the
Robert French who was Uving at Newtown, in the parish of
DrumuUy, Co. Fermanagh during the rebellion of 1641.
In his deposition, sworn 12 March, 1641 2, Randall
Adams and William Hitchcocke, witnesses, (CromwelUan
Depositions, Co. Ferm., p. 46 b., T.C.D. Library) he stated
* Matthew French, gent., obtained, under the Act of Settlement, 4.242
acres in Co. Galway, and 970 acres in Co. Mayo, grant enrolled 16 April, 1667.
" Died a few days since, at CUfthole in the Co. of Galway, Mr. Matthew French."
(Public Gazetteer. 29 Oct.. 1765).
Matthew French, born at Kinsale, Co. Cork, was Scholar T.C.D. 1695. B.A.
1698, Fellow 1699, M.A. 1701, B.D. 1710. He was Reader or Curate of St.
Werbnrgh's, Dublin, 1705-14, while holding his fellowship, and on 31 March,
1711, presented 27 students of the College to be confirmed by Archbishop
King in St Patrick's Cathedral. He d. 12 March, 1714.
Matthew French, and Jane, his wife, otherwise Badham, occur frequently
in the Chancery and Exchequer Bills in connection with Co. Cork, at the end of
the 17th century.
Matthew French was appointed J. P. Co. Cork, 4 May, 1697.
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that about 24 October, 1641 he was robbed of his goods. He
and his wife were despoiled of all their possessons, and had to
fly to Dublin.
Richard French married a second time, and after his death his
wife, Susanna, married 2nd, John Anderson (see deposition below)
His will, dated May, 1637, was proved, April, 1638. He mentions
besides his brother-in-law, John Warren, and his grandchild, Thomasina,
wife of Daniel Browne, three children of his second marriage, viz. : —
II. Richard French.
III. MATHEW, of whom immediately.
I. Mary French, whose dowry disappeared in the rebellion of 1641.
The youngest son : —
MATHEW FRENCH, of Belturbet and Dublin, High Sheriff, Co.
Cavan, 1677, was born after 1617, for he was a minor at the date of his
father's will in 1637. He was hardly of age when the rebellion of 1641
broke out ; his deposition regarding it still remains in the Library of
Trinity College, Dublin, as follows : —
" Richard ffrench and Mathew ffrench of Belturbutt in the County
of Cavan, merchants, in the behalfe of their ffather in law, John
Anderson, of the same place, merchant, their sister, Mary ffrench, and
for themselves, — being duly sworne say that at or about the 28th Day
of October last past they have beene robbed and dispoyled of lands
and goods of the valew following — ffirst their said Ifather in Law hath
lost wares and goods worth Seaven hundred pounds — and worth one
hundred pound, Debts owing him by bill and in his booke Sive hundred
poimds.
" Their sister Mary hath lost Three hundred pound which was her
portion, and putt out to Mr. Martin Bahtie, Mr. Rich. Morse, Mr.
Charles Waterhouse and the La [die]s Butler.
" Richard ffrench saith that he hath been expulsed and dispossessed
of lands worth ffifty-twoe pound a year for ever, and about one hundred
pound in money which was owing him by his said liather in law.
" Mathew ffrench sayth that he hath lost and beene Dispossest of
land in the County of ffermanagh worth two and twenty pound a year
and ten pound a year for ever his lands and houses he had in Belturbut,
money owing him by his said Sather in law being one hundred pound,
Besides ffifteen pounds in money fferrall Orely tooke from him and
goods worth twenty pounds.
" And all this was done in the County of Cavan by PhilUp M'Shane
Rely, Esq., of Ballincargh, Edmund Rely, Cav. Gent.— McJames
[Rely] Esq., Myles Rely, high Sherifi, his sonne, John Rely, sonne of
Phillip McMulmore of Ballatrost, and Edmond Rely and Hugh Rely,
sonnes of Mulmore McPhillip Deceased — and by their followers —
and by Rory Magwyr and his followers in ffermanagh.
" Their said ffather and Mother and sister are in the hands of the
Rebells in the Countrey and these de[ponent]s were hkewiee stript
as they came by the Cotch.
" Richard ffrench.
" Jurat 21^* Jany., 1641 (2). " Matthew ffrench.
" John Watson, John [Sterne]."*
Mathew French, merchant, was admitted Freeman of DubUn bv
special grace and on fines, 4th Friday after 25 Dec, 1649 ; he was a
titulado (or landowner) in St. Michael's parish, Dublin, in 1659, (Petty's
Census) : Sherifi of the City of Dublin, 1667-8, and one of the Masters
of the City works, 1668-9. In 1672 he and some others were admitted
Aldermen of DubUn by Sir John Tottie, Lord Mayor, illegally. This,
with other high-handed acts during the same Mayoralty, was cancelled
by order from the Lord Lieutenant in 1675. (Calendar of Ancient
Records, V,, 577.) He was High Sheriff, Co. Cavan, 1677 (appointed
21 Dec, \^1&— Liber Munerum). He was attainted by Jctraes IT. at his
Parliament held in Dubhn in 1689, as " Mathew French, Senior of
Beltiirbet, Merchant." His will, dated 25 April, 1688, was proved in
the Prerogative Court, 5 March, 1691. It is as follows : —
" In the name of God, Amen, I Mathew ffrench of Belturbett, in
the County of Cavan, Esq., beinge well, thanks be unto (zrod, and in
good health, considering ye uncertenntys of this life, and beinge wiUing
to settle my house in order, doe make, ordaine and constitute this my
last will and testament in manner and form following, first and
principally I committ my soul into the hands of Almighty God my
Creator, in whom and b)^ the precious death of my blessed Saviour
Jesus Christ, I trust and assuredly beheve to be saved, and my body
I committ to ye earth to be buryed in such decent manner as to ray
Ex""^ shall be thought meett and convenient and for the settling of
what estate God in his infinitt mercy hath been pleased to bestowe
upon me, I give and dispose thereof as followeth. Imprimis, my a\ ill
is y'' all the debts that I owe to any pson or psons whatsoever shall
be well and truely paid and satisfied in convenient time after my
deceasse by my Ex^^. hereafter named. Item I doe limitt and appointe
my wife Ellinor ffrench my son Mathew ffrench and John Warburton.
Esqr. to be my executors to see this my last will and testament pformed.
Item itt is my will that ray wife Ellinor ffrench shall have and receive
dureing her naturall life the third part of the rents and protitts of all
my lands housses and tenements in the county of ffermanna, county of
Cavan and corporacon of Belturbett together with ye moeity of my
dwelling housse in high streett in Dublin in satisfaction of her thirds and
dower according to the tenure of a deed of grant and releasse made by me
to my son Richard ffrench, beareing date the four and twentieth day
of March one thousand six hundred seaventy & five vpon my sd. sons
marriage and alsoe the kitchin I make vse of over and above ye said
moiety of the said housse. Item, I give and bequeath vnto ni)- said
wife the sume of sixty pounds sterl. to be paid vnto her within two
months after my deceasse, alsoe all my houshould goods m Dublin,
one siluer tankerd, one dozen of siluer spoons and one trunck of the
* Cromwellian Depoaiiions, Co. Cavan, Vol. I., fol. 226, copied by W. G. Hodson.
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best linnen she shall make choise of in my house in Belturbett. Item,
I give and bequeath vnto my daughter Mary Warburton, the sume
of fEorty pounds ster. by reason I gave her but five hundred pounds
ster vpon her marriage w*'" Jon Warburton her husband, the said
fforty pounds to be paid vnto her w*** a provisoe y*^ John Warburton
shall give a generall discharge to the rest of my executors vpon receipt
thereof. Item, I give and bequeath vnto my son Daniel firench the
sume of ffive pounds ster. by reason he was one of those psons who
stole and took away all my cash in ye time of my great fitt of sickness
alsoe by reason I made him a leasse of my housse and malt housse in
Belturbett for nine hundred, ninety and nine years att three pounds
p. annum wch cost me four hundred pounds building. Item, I give and
bequeath vnto my daughter, Ellinor Tisdall the sume of twenty shillings
ster. by reason I gave her seaven or eight hundred pounds, ster. vpon
her marriage w*^ James Tisdall. Item, I give and bequeath my lotts,
on Oxmountown Green in Dublin w**^ all the improvements w*^^ are
or shall be made thereon to my granson Mathew ffrench, son of my son
Richard ffrench dureing his naturall Hfe and after his deceasse to his
first bo^n son lawfully begotten & to his heires and for want of such
issue to the second third fourth or fifth and every other son or eons
wch my said granson shall hapen toe have lawfully begotten, ye eldest
to have preferrance before the youngest, and for want of such issue to
ye heires female of my sd. granson for ever, but if in case my said
granaon Mathew ffrench hapen to dye before he come to, age pr have
issue lawfully begotten then I give and bequeath the said lotts to his
brother, Humphry ffrench and his heires and if in case ye said Humphry
dye before he come to age or have issue lawfully begotten, then I give
and bequeath ye said lotts to his brother Daniel and his heirs and in
case the said Daniell dye before he comes to age or have issue lawfully
begotten then I give and bequeath the said lotts to his brother Richard
and his heires lawfully begotten for ever. Item, I give vnto my son
Mathew firench the sume of twenty shillings ster. by reason I gave him
six hundred pounds vpon his marriage. Item, I give and bequeath
vnto my granson Humphry ffrench. the sume of ffifty pounds ster. and
to my granson Daniell ffrench the sume of ffifty pounds ster. and to my
granson Richard ffrench the sume of ffifty pounds ster. to be putt to
vse for them w *^^ in three months after my deceasse the same to goe on
w'^ the interest and profits thereof to be paid them when they come to
age but in case any one or more of my said gransons Humphry, Daniel
or Richard shall happen to dye before they come to age or haue issue
lawfully begotten then theire partts and legasyes w**^ the interest &
profits thereof to goe to ye survivor of them, and if itt shall hapen y*
my said gransons Humphry, Daniel & Richard shall all of them dye
before they come to age or have issue lawfully begotteii y* then y^
legaseys aforesd. wth the interest & profitts thereof shall be equally
devided and distributed amongst all the children wch my son Mathew
ffrench hath or shall have att ye time of my deceasse. Item, I give vnto
Mathew Johnson son of John Johnson the sume of seaventeen pounds
sterl. w^^. I have on a morgage on the lands of Drmninisklin. Item
I give and bequeath vnto my servant John Cooke the sume of ffive
pounds sterl. to buy him mourning. Item, further loy will is y^ after
all my debts and legaseys are all paid all debts due to me w"\ all my
cash, moneys, goods and chatties shall be' appraised & y*^ then my
Ex''^ shall sell and dispose of them for the best advantage they can
for the vse of all y® children of my son, Mathew ffrench w'^'^. he now
Lath or shall have att my deceasse, the same to be equally devided
amongst them provided they will be ruled by theire parrents, if any one
of them shall prove disobedient and vill not be ruled by theire parrents
then yl childs partt shall be distributed & devided amongst the rest
further my will, is that in case there hapen any law ahutes to arise
aboute any partt of my estate twixt the heire of my son Richard ffrench,
& any other pson before the said heire come to age then I give and
bequeath the sume of fiifty pounds sterl. to be paid out of my psonall
estate by my Ex'"^. towards defraying the charge of the said shute, if
any there be. In wittnesse whereof I have hereunto putt my hand and
seale the five and twenty day of Aprill in the year of our Lord God,
One thousand six hundred eighty and eight.
Matthew ffrench. [Seal],
" John Cooke.
" J. A. Mageaghe."
N.B.—The seal is Ermine a Chevron {sable ?), toy crest a Dolphin
emhowed. These are the Arms of the Galway Frenchs, and their use here
appears to conflict with Berry's note, page 1.
" Proved by John Warburton of the city of Dublin, Esq. one of the
surviving executors named, saving the right of Ellinor ffrench, widow
and relict of sd. deceased another surviving executor. 5 March, 1691,-
named in sd. will.
" Wheras John Warburton Esq., one of the executors of the last
will and testament of Mathew firench late of Belturbett in the Co. of
Cavan, Esq. deed, is desirous to have upon him the burthen & execution
of the sd. will and to prove the same, but is dissatisfied \vith an expression
therein concerning the testators son, Daniell ffrench consisting of these
words, by reason he was one of those persons who stole and took away
all my cash in the time of my greate fltte of sickness, which words as he
believes were unnecessarily inserted therein & that there was not
just cause or ground for the said expression & therefore not wishing
to take out the probate of the said will or to prove the same with the
aforesaid expression. It is therefore this day ordered by the Judge
of their Maties Court of Prerogative in Ireland at the desire and
petition of the sd. John Warburton that the aforesaid words be left out
of the will annexed to the probate to be granted to the said John
Warburton for the reasons before mentioned, & that this order be
indorsed on the back of the said originall will that due notice may
hereafter be taken 'thereof accordingly whereof the Regr. of the said
court, and all other persons concerned are to take notice. Given under
my hand the 5th day of March, 1691.
■ " Dud. Loftus."
" Mr. John Warburton of Dublin, bis bond to save harmless the
Judge e^nd Regr. of y^ Prerogative."
" John Warburton of the city of Dublin Esq., bound in the sume
of £500.
" Dated 10 March, 1691.
"The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the
execution or probate of the mil of Mathew ffrench, late of Belturbett
in the Co. of Cavan, deceased is granted by the above named most
Revd Father in God unto the above named John Warburton, Esq. one
of the executors therein named, and whereas there is by the order
of Dr. Dudley Loftus. Judge or Commissary of the said court, the words
(by reason he was one of those persons who stole & took away all my
cash in the time of ray great fitt of sickness) also omitted in the will
engrossed & annexed to the probate granted to the sd. John Warburton.
If therefore the said John Warburton, Esq. shall save keepe harmlesse,
& indemnifyed the sd. most Revd. Father in God his substitute his
Register & all other officers of the said Court from any danger or trouble
that may arise by reason of the omission aforesaid that then this
obligation to be void or else to be in full force and virtue in law.
" Jo. Warburton.
" B. Burton.
" John Molaneux."
Mathew French, married at St. Catherine's, Dublin, 8 July, 164-1,
Elinor, dau. of Johnston, and widow of Daniel Desminieres, of
Dublin, 2nd son of Robert Desminieres, of Rouen, freeman of Dublin,
1639, and brother of John Desminieres, Lord Mayor of Dublin, 1666.*
By her he had five children : —
I. RICHARD, see Chapter II., p. 7.
II. MATHEW, ancestor of the families of Pigott, Nixon, Swanzy,
Reynolds, etc. See Chapter III., p. 17, and pp. 83-127.
ill. DANIEL, ancestor of the families of Britton, Le Hunte, and
Stanford, see Chapter IV., pp. 26-3.3.
I. MARY, m. 1672, John Warburton, M.P., ancestress of the
Athlumney family, see Chapter V., pp. 34-7.
11. ETilNOR, m. 1682, James Tisdall, M.P., ancestress of the families of
Voules, Tisdall, Marlay and Rutland, see Chapter VI., p. 38.
* Pedigree of Desminieres, by the Rev. W. Ball Wright, in The Irish Builder,
1 Dec, 1887. Mrs. Matthew French had by her first marriage, besides John and
4nne, who d. young, a son Robert Desminieres. b. 16 July. 1640, married widow
of — Hunter of Sligo,; and d intestate there in 1693.
CHAPTER II.
Richard French and his Descendants.
" The Good Lord Mayor."
The eldest son of Mathew French, senior, was :—
RICHARD FRENCH, of Dublin, merchant, J.P., Co. Cavan, 5 May,
1681, {Liher Munerum), bapt. at St. Catherine's, Dublin, 6 July, 1645
married, deed dated 24 March, 1675, Mary, dau. of Major Humphrey
Perrott,* of Dromhome, Co. Cavan, High Sheriff, Co. Cavan, 1660 and
1661, by Elizabeth, dau. of Brockhill Taylor, of Ballyhaise,! Co. Cavan,
M.P., Cavan borough 1634-6. Richard French made his will 25 Dec,
1686. It was proved 7 Jan., 1686-7. He left his brother Mathew,
" my black gelding, Imbroydered saddle, and best Silver hilted sword."
He left by his wife (who afterwards % m. Christopher Caldwell,§) with
three other children, buried at St. Michael's. Dublin, four sons :—
I. Mathew French, of Ballyhubback, Co. Wicklow, m. Elizabeth
Lenthall, granddau. || of WilUam Lenthall, the famous Speaker
of the Enghsh House of Commons, and niece ^ of Catherine
Talbot, of Kuaresborough, Yorkshire, widow. Mathew
French made his will 4 July, 1731, and d. soon after. It
was delivered to the Depujty Registrar, 12 Feb., 1731-2, and
is on record in the Registry of Deeds, (lands of Killelahard,
Co. Fermanagh, deed no. 47602). In an Exchequer Bill,
Rouse V. French, 24 Dec, 1739, it is stated that Mathew
French, " a gentleman of good Fortune " had married Betty
als. Ehzabeth his wife, without any fortune. Mrs. Talbot, who
d. in 1733, left her property to her niece to make up for this.
They had issue two sons and five daus. : —
I. Richard French, of Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow, merchant,
will dated 29 Aug., 1781, proved 19 March, 1782. He
*In a Chancery Bill, 12 Nov., 1681, Burton v. French, it is stated that Elinor
Meade was a relation both of Matthew French, senior, and of Hiiraphrev Perrott.
t The Ballyhaise property descended through the Taylors to Colonel Brockhill
Newburgh, M.P., Co Cavan, 1715-27, and High SherifiE, 'l705. In the Williainite
war he raised an independent company for William's interest, which afterwards
became a marching regt.. General Stewart's. {Particulars relating to the Life and
clMtacter of the late Brockhill Newburgh, Esq.; Wrote at the instance of several of his
surviving Friends, 1761, T.C.D., Lib.)
X She apparently married also, before the latter marriage. Samuel Morrison,
of Dublin, Gent., whose will, dated 14 April, 1690, was proved 1691. He mentions
his wife Mary, widow of French, and her sons, Mathew, Daniel, and Richard
French.
§ Exchequer Bill, 13 May, 1707, Daniel French v. Mathew French, Mary Caldwell
and another.
!1 Gilbert's History of Dublin, Vol. I., p. 227.
^ Exchequer Bill, 24 Dec, 1739, Rouse v. French.
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desires to be buried at Donaghmore without any pomp,
and that the old tomb standing over his father, late of
Ballyhubback, should be taken down and re-built when
he should be interred. He mentions his wife, Jane,
and his niece Jane Hodson, as well as his only son,
Humphrey, daughter in law AUce, and grand-daughter
Margaret Rebecca, now an infant. His only son was : —
Humphrey French, of Dublin, m. licence bond, dated
10 June, 1779, Alicia Harris, of the parish of Taney,
Co. Dublin, spinster. The following notice of him
is in a letter written during the Emmet Insurrection
by Sir Eichard Musgrave to the Lord Lieutenant,
Lord Hardwick.* " July 29th, 1803, My Lord. . . .
I have been frequently asked since last Saturday
night whether I had not given information to Govern-
ment of the intended rebelhon before its explosion,
and I uniformly declared what I now say, that I had
no suspicion of it until I saw Mr. Humphrey French,
a wine-merchant in Dame Street, about nine o'clock
on that night, and he informed me that he fell into
the hands of a body of pikemen, near the Canal,
that they stopped and threatened him, and that he
believes they would have murdered him, but that
he falsely told them he was a Papist." He had a
dau. : —
Margaret Rebecca French.
2. William French.
1. Mary French, m. Simon Rouse, of Dublin.
2. Catherine French.
3. Alicia French, m. 1731, George Duplex, of Newabbey,
Co. Kildare.
4. Harriet French, m. William Hawker, of Dublin, and
had three daus. : — f
(1.) Frances Hawker.
(2.) Susanna Hawker, m. John Mowlds, of Churchtown,
Co. Dublin, and d. 19 Feb., 1788, aged 46, having
had by him, who d. 4 March, 1787, with other
issue, of whom Henrietta, Susanna, and Charlotte
are buned at Donnybrook, a dau. : —
Anne Elizabeth Mowlds, d. 28 April, 1842,
aged 78.
* The Viceroy's Post-Bag, London, 1904, p. 307.
t Eich. Bill, 19 Jan., 1762, Mowlds v. Hawker.
(3.) Elinor Hawker.
5. Elizabeth French, m. John Sherwood, of Templelusk,
Co. Wicklow, and d. before 1739.
II. HUMPHREY, of whom presently.
III. Daniel French, of Dublin, bapt. St. Michael's, 18 Jan., 1681-2,
bur. there 23 Feb., 1711-2, will pr. 1736, had by Mary
his wife : —
1. Mathew French, of Dublin, ironmonger. Churchwarden of
St. Audoen's, m. at St. Michael's, 15 Sept., 1744, Rebecca
dau. of Thomas Beaumont, of Summer Hill, DubUn, and d.
11 Feb., 1755, "a Man of a very good Character."
2. Richard French, bapt. at St. John's Dublin, 25 Jan,,
1706-7, evidently d. young.
1. Mary French.
2. Elinor French, bapt. at St. John's 1 Jan., 1707-8.
IV. Richard French, bapt. at St. Michael's, 3 June, 1686.
The 2nd son of Richard French and Mary Perrott was :—
HUMPHREY FRENCH, Sherifi of Dublin, 1711-12, Lord Mayor
of Dublin 1732-33, M.P. for Dublin 1733-6, LL.D. {Honoris Cauga)
T.C.D., 1734, bapt. at St. Michael's, Dublin, 8 May, 1680. This
eminent man was widely known in his day as '* The Good Lord
Mayor." On 30 Sept., 1732, he was sworn Lord Mayor before Chief
Baron Marlay. A month later we read of him in Pue's Occurrences,
Dublin, for 31 Oct. " Yesterday, being the Anniversary of His present
Majesty's Birth Day, the same was observed here with the greatest
Solemnity It is remarkable that the Lord Mayor made the
greatest Appearance that ever was known on such an Occasion. His
Lordship rode in his State Coach drawn by Six Horses, whose Tails
and Mains were tied with blue Ribbons, their Ear knots the same, and
before him his Body Coach with two Horses, attended by several
Footmen, on each Side of the Coach, with blue Cockades in their Hata."
But he had more solid claims for remembrance than this. He at
once set himself to reform abuses in the city, and dealt out justice and
mercy firmly and impartially. Three months had not passed before
we find that on 15 Jan., 1733, '^ at a Meeting of the Merchants of this
aty, it was Resolved that besides the usual Present of a Piece of Plate
of 50 1. Value, commonly given by their Corporation to the Lord Mayor
of this City, a Gold Box should be presented to the Rt. Hon. Humphrey
French, Esq., our present Lord Mayor, in Consideration of his un-
common Zeal and Endeavours for the Public Service, and as a Mark
of their particular Esteem." {Piie, 16 Jan.). In August " the Rt. Hon.
the Lord Mayor was presented with his Freedom of several Corporations
of this City, and was handsomely entertained by each Corporation."
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{Pue, 11 Aug.). He continued his efforts till the very end of his
mayoralty. " Saturday last, the Rt. Hon. the Lord Mayor seized
in the several Markets of this City, great Quantities of hght Bread,
and unmerchantable Provisions, which he distributed amongst the
poor Prisoners in the Marshalsea ; particularly in Newgate-Market,
his Lordship seized several Carcasses of Mutton, for being blown, and
committed one of the Butchers to Newgate." {Pue, Tuesday, 25 Sept.).
During the following week he "gave Money to the several Church
Wardens, to be distributed among the Poor in their respective Parishes,
which Money arose from Fines and Forfeitures this Year from several
Persons for Offences." On Sept. 28 a great many false barrels and
other measures were burnt before the Tholsel by his orders, but the
same day we find him discharging, at his own expense, several poor
prisoners out of the City Marshal, who had been confined there on his
warrants. {Pue, 29 Sept.). The Corporation of Coopers gave him his
freedom in a box, engraved with the ensigns of their corporation, with
this motto : —
" Set this Man down as one of your Flock or Corporation
And believe hitn to be a Man of Courage and Honesty."
In an address to him, pubUshed in Pu£, 2 Oct., they give the reasons
for their gift : — " Your constant and impartial Administration of Justice,
your vigilant Care of the Markets, your putting the Laws in Execution,
your daily Charity to the Poor, hath made this Year deservedly famous
& has set such a worthy Example to your successors, that he will gain
the greatest Glory, who will endeavour to imitate your Lordship the
most." He concluded his mayoralty by giving, on 29 Sept., 1733, a
magnificent entertainment, " his Grace the Lord Lieutenant honouring
him with his Company, with many of the Nobility, and Persons of
Distinction." The Trinity Guild of Merchants gave him a gold box,
engraved with their arms, and several other corporations gave him
silver boxes and other pieces of plate " with their several Addresses of
Thanks for the great and many Services done to this City during his
Administration." {Pue, 2 Oct.). On the 1st Oct. the new Lord Mayor,
Thomas How, was sworn before Lord Chief Baron Marlay, " who made
an eloquent Speech on the Occasion, in which he was pleased to bestow
the highest Encomiums on the late Lord Mayor for his equal Administra-
tion of Justice, etc." {Pue, 2 Oct.). There is a quotation from the
Chief Baron's eulogy in The Gentleman's Magazine for Oct., 1733.
Under current news a laudatory account of French's actions is given,
while in the poetical section is the following : —
" N.B. — We have received four very good Pieces from Dublin, in
praise of their late active Lord Mayor, Humphry French, Esq. ; who
used very frequently to visit the Markets, Bakers-Shops, Prisons,
&c. in Person ; but not having room for more than one, we prefer the
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following, as it touchefs with a masterly hand the Subject of Elections,
now the chief topick of this Kingdom.
■' An ODE addres'd to the Citizens of Dublin, on Occasion of their
late worthy Lord Mayor, HUMPHRY FRENCH, Esq., standing
a Candidate to represent that City in Parliament.
How long must ye be deaf and blind ?
Hear, citizens, these lines, or read 'em.
For what were Parliaments design'd.
But to support the nation's freedom.
Is there a sage and ample mind
Whose breast with innocence is arm'd ;
Whose sense by virtue is refin'd.
Whose virtue by rehgion warm'd ?
Whose soul, by prejudice immoved.
No frauds nor vices can connive at ;
Who acts as reason hath approv'd,
And makes the publick good his private ?
Who in a vile corrupted age.
The sword of justice bravely diaws,
Restrains the giddy rabble's Rage.
And animates the djnng laws ?
Whose conduct, faitliful to his trust,
All precedents so far exceeds.
His successors, however just.
Can only imitate his deeds.
In words, which Athens well might hear,
While Marlay prais'd him from the bench.
Who would not wish to lend an ear ?
Who would not glory to be FRENCH ?
* " Not Rome could boast in all her pride.
One juster to the pubUck cause
Tho' deathless Tully was her Guide,
Tho' Cato sanctified her laws."
For laws and liberty he fights,
Enhst yourselves beneath his banners ;
Who better can defend your rights.
Than he who has reform'd your manners.
In the pre^aous July French had issued a remarkably modest election
address, (Pwe, 16 July, 1733) :— " There being a Vacancy in ParUament
for the City of Dublin, by the death of Alderman Samuel Burton,
and being desired by several of the most Eminent Free-holders and
Citizens thereof ; I do therefore intend to stand a Candidate to Represent
the said City in Parliament, at the ensuing Election. And do request
the Votes and Interest of all Free-holders and my Fellow-Citizens.
H. French, Lord Mayor of Dublin."
But what he would not say for himself, others announced with no
* '• These Lines allude to a passage in the Lord Chief Baron's Speech."
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ancertain voice. He had on his side the powerful influence of Dean
Swift, who issued a broadside to the freemen of Dublin asking them
to vote for French, both on account of the fact that he held no govern-
ment position, and therefore would vote fearlessly, and also on account
of his personal integrity. " He has shown more virtue, more activity,
more skill, in one year's government of the city, than a hundred years
can equal. He has endeavoured with great success to banish frauds,
corruptions, and all other abuses from among you. A dozen such men
in power would be able to reform a kingdom." Surely nobler testimony
to a man's devotion has been seldom paid ; it is of greater value, as
coming from the caustic Dean, who was usually more inclined to blame
than praise.
The election day drew near. Thomas How, the new Lord Mayor,
opposed him, instead of Maccarrell, who had first come into the field,
and on 27 Oct., French was leading by six votes, out of a total poll,
to that date, of 682. The students of Trinity were enthusiastically
on his side. " Last Wednesday," says the Dublin Gazette of 27 Oct.,
" a dozen Coaches, with Scholars of our University, came to the
Tholsel in full Change, and both spoke and presented to Alderman
Humphry French, our late Lord Mayor, an Address of Thanks for the
many and great services he did this City and Kingdom during his
Mayoralty. Each Scholar had an Orange Coloured Ribbon tied to his
button hole." Finally, his great popularity made success certain.
The result was declared in Pue's Occurrences for 30 Oct. " The Election
of a Member of Parliament for this City continued till Yesterday in
the Afternoon, when the Rt. Hon. the Lord Mayor, finding his Interest
too weak to oppose the great Number of Freeholders and Freemen
ready to poll for Alderman* French, his Lordship gave up the Election
and Alderman Humphrey French was declared duly elected, and carried
to the Parliament House, amidst the Acclamations of many thousands
of People ; All the Bells in this City rung, and the Night concluded with
Bonfires, Illuminations, and such Rejoycings, as were never known
on the hke Occasion."
The University of Dublin recognized his merits by conferring on him
the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws at' the Spring Commencements,
1734.
Jonathan Swift seems to have regarded him not only with admiration,
but with affection. Even before the time of his Mayoralty, the Dean
had sounded his praises in private correspondence. As early as 15
June, 1732, Lady Catherine Jones, in a letter to Swift, added the
postscript : — " Your opinion of Mr. French is just, and his due."
One of Swift's most pleasing poems is addressed to Humphrey French.
It is a paraphrase of the 19th Ode of the 4th Book of Horace,
and is a strange contrast to the biting sarcasm in many of the great
Dean's other works.
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" Addressed to Humphry French, Esq., late Lord Mayor of Dublin."
Patron of the tuneful throng
O ! Too nice and too severe
Think not that my country song
Shall displease thy honest ear.
Many valiant chiefs of old
Greatly lived and died before
Agamemnon, Grecian bold.
Waged the ten year's famous war.
But their names unsung, unwept.
Unrecorded, lost and gone.
Long in endless night have slept.
And shall now no more be known
But, 0 Humphry, great and free.
While my timeful songs are read.
Old forgetful Time on thee
Dark oblivion ne'er shall spread.
When the deep-cut notes shall fade
On the mouldering Parian stone,
On the brass no more be read
The perishing inscription.
Still thy labour and thj' care,
What for Dublin thou hast done.
In full lustre shall appear.
And outshine th' unclouded sun.
Large thy mind, and not untried,
For Hibemia now doth stand.
Through the calm or raging tide.
Safe conducts the ship to land.
Falsely we call the rich man great.
He is only so who knows
His plentiful or small estate,
Wisely to enjoy and use.
He in wealth or poverty.
Fortune's power alike defies ;
And falsehood and dishonesty
More than death abhors and flies :
Flies from death ? No, meets it brave,
When the suffering so severe
May from dreadful bondage save
Clients, friends, or country dear.
Tliis the sovereign man complete :
Hero ; patriot ; glorious : free ;
Rich and wise ; and good and great ;
Generous Humphry, thou art he !
But the end of this useful life was not far off. He died 1-3 Oct.,
1736. Pue' s Occurrences for Saturday, 16 Oct. announces :" Wednesday
last died, after three Day's Illness, Humphry French, Esq., Alderman,
and one of the Representatives in ParUament for this City. His Death
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is universally lamented, being one of the best Magistrates that ever any
City was blest with." He was buried on the 16th. " Saturday last
the Corps of Humphry French, Esq., was decently Inter'd in St.
Michael's Church, where an Excellent Funeral Sermon was Preached
by the Eev. Dr. Owen." {Pue, 19 Oct.). The Gentleman's Magazine
(which erroneously gives the date of death as the 18th) states that
Alderman French had been chosen M.P. for Dublin " without a Penny
Bxpence, that City having resolved not to be treated on these
Occasions." The next number of the same magazine, Nov., 1736,
publishes the following : —
To the Memory of the Ink. Alderman FRENCH of D^Mtn.
O Thou ! Eblanas tutelary chief,
So late her triumph and so soon her grief,
Accept her tears : her sons, by duty led.
That hail'd thee living, now lament thee dead.
Such was the joy, that thro' his native Rome
Acclaim'd Marcellv^ in his martial bloom :
Such was the sorrow, in its pious turn.
That wail'd him, snatched to his untimely urn.
Alas : 'tis all the great, the good can have,
A short-liv'd honour, and a lasting grave !
If chaste Aslrea, since the golden age
Descended ever to this mortal stage.
To guide be-wilder'd man with rays divine,
And animate a form, that form was thine.
Which knew no partial love, no servile fear,
A Cato, not the praetor of one year.
Thus we commit thy reHques to the dust.
Thy fair example to the future just.
While from this grov'ling earth thy spirit flies.
To grace the bright republick of the skies.
And Ireland trembles at the wrath in store
When Swift shall die. and freedom be no more.
Swift intended to write a biography of Humphrey French. Some
time after the latter's death the Dean wrote as follows to George
Faulkner, the printer : — " Deanery House, Dublin, January 6, 1738.
Sir. — I have often mentioned to you an earnest desire I had, and still
have, to record the merit and services of the lord-mayor, Humphrey
French, whom I often desired, after his mayoralty, to give me an
an account of many passages which happened in his mayoralty, and
which he has often put off on the pretence of his forgetfuness, but in
reality of his modesty : I take him to be a hero in his kind, and that
he ought to be imitated by all his successors, as far as their genius can
reach. I desire you, therefore, to inquire among all his friends whom
you are acquainted with to press them to give you the particulars of
what they can remember, not only during the general conduct of his
life, wherever he had any power or authority in the city, but particularly
from Mr. Maple, who was his intimate friend, who knew him best, and
could give the most just character of himself and his actions.
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" When I shall have got a sufficient information of all these particulars,
I will, although I am oppressed with age and infirmities, stir up all the
little spirit I can raise to give the pubHc an accoimt of that great patriot ;
and propose him as an example to all future magistrates, in order to
recommend his virtues to this miserable kingdom. T am, Sir, Your
very humble servant.
" Jonathan Swift."
But the time was past, Swift was too old to carry out the work, and,
failing a biography by the great Dean, we are compelled to gather
what scanty notes we can from the newspapers and periodicals of the
day. But we can discover enough to know that Humphrey French was
a man who would shed lustre on any family.
The only memorial of him, says Sir John Gilbert in his HiMory of
Dublin, is a large mezzotint portrait inscribed — " The Good Lord
Mayor." A copy of this is in the National Portrait Gallery, Dublin ;
another, from which the illustration (frontispiece) is taken, was formerlv
in the possession of the late Rev. William Reynell, B.D., and now
belongs to the Rev. H. B. Swanzy, who also has a small oil painting
of him, said to have been in the collection of Sir Compton Domvile,
at Santry Court.
Humphrey French ni. Anne, sister of Richard Le Hunte, M.P. for
Enniscorthy, 1713-47, of Thomas Le Hunte, M.P. for Wexford borough,
1735-68, and for Newtown, Co. Down, 1768, and of Francis Le Hunte,
M.D. (who m. Susanna French, see p. 27), and eldest dau. of George Le
Hunte, (by Alice, dau. of Colonel WilHam Legge), son of Colonel George
Le Hunte, M.P. for Cashel 1661. He d. intestate, leaving considerable
property,* but it seems to have disappeared, as his son Robert was
in 1753 in great want of money. He had five sons and three daus : —
I. Richard French, bapt. at St. Audoen's, Dublin, 15 Sept., 1718,
d. V. p. imder age.f
11. Robert French, bapt. at same 14 Aug., 1719, petitioned the
Corporation of Dublin to be appointed one of the overseers
and directors of the Pipe Water works, because he was left
destitute, and had a wife and five children. He got the
position 5 June, 1753. He d. Dec. 1759 (" In Barrack Street,
Mr. French, overseer of the pipe- water," Public Gazetteer,
Dec. 11, 1759) and his widow Letitia petitioned for a pension
for her helpless family. The Corporation ordered on 18 April,
1760, that she should receive £20 per ann. during the City's
pleasure, and give up to Sedborough Mayne the house she
occupied within one month after her child should be born.
No trace has been discovered of his children or descendants.
* Exch. Bill, 7 April, 1747, Harford v. Le Hunte aad French.
t Ibid.
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III. Humphrey French, (Rev.), D.D., Rector of St. Mary's, Drogheda
(collated 6 Aug., 1774) and head master of a very considerable
school at Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath, (see Post Chaise Companion,
p. 94). He was bapt. 15 Jan., 1721, and entered Trinity
CoUege, Dublin, 21 April, 1739, Scholar, 1742, B.A., 1743,
M.A., 1746, and was a fellowship prizeman in 1747 and 1748.
The unusual honour of D.D., honoris Causa, was conferred on
him 6 Sept., 1768, when John, Duke of Bedford, was installed
Chancellor of the University. Dr. French m. Susanna English,
and d. 1788, (will dated 9 May, proved 1 Aug.). His successor
in his benefice was collated 30 June.
IV. Mathew French, bapt. at St. Audoen's, 12 Nov., 1723, d.
young.
V. George French, bapt. at St. Audoen's, 23 Aug., 1725, living 8
June, 1753, date of will of his cousin Mathew French, see
p. 9.
T. Letitia French, bapt. at St. Audoen's, 10 Feb., 1715, d. under
age.
II. Alice French, living 1753. \
III. Mary French, m. Robert Harford, Attorney of the Court of
Exchequer, and d. Oct. or Nov., 1771.
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CHAPTER III.
Mathew French, Junior, and his descendants.
The second son of Mathew French, senior, was : —
MATHEW FRENCH, of Dublin and Belturbet, merchant, who
was bapt. at St. Catherine's, Dublin, 3 March, 1647, and m. by licence,
dated 17 Aug., 1673, Maxy, 2nd dau. of Robert Meade, of Dublin.
For notice of her family see Appendix VIT. Mary French on 10
Nov., 1710, filed a BUI in the Court of Chancery against the family
of her sister's husband, Thomas Howard, which Bill is rehearsed in
another, dated 2 Nov., 17 15, Rev. Mathew French, (their son) v. Richard
Roche and Mary his wife. In the Bill of 1710 Mrs. French stated that
" the late warr or Rebellion in this Kingdom becoming terrible to the
Protestants " Mathew French, his wife and family, and the above
Thomas Howard, " were for their safety forced with other Protestants
to fly for England, where they continued untill this Kingdom was
afterwards reduced to the obedience of the Crown and Kingdom of
England." His name appears in the contemporary manuscript list
of refugees in T.C.D. Library " Mat. French, jun., £761 real estate."
After this, the Bill continues, they " began their journey from London
homewards, but the said Mathew ffrench falling sick he dyed at Chester,
where your oratrix continued for some time." Much of his property
had been destroyed by the Irish in his absence, he being obnoxious to
them " for his haveing supplyed the garrisons of Londonderry and
Iimiskillen with powder and ball against the Irish." A curious manu-
script list of the sums granted to fugitive Protestants at Chester at this
time is in T.C.D. Library. Mary French and her ten children were
amongst those in need. They received £4 in Sept., 1689, and £3 per
month till the following April. Mathew French was attainted in his
absence by the ParUament of King James II. as Mathew French, junior,
late of the city of Dublin, and is described in the Act as one of those
who " have absented themselves from this kingdom, and have gone
into England, or some other Places beyond the Seas, since the fifth
day of November last, or in some short time before, and did not return,
though called Home by your Majesty's gracious Proclamation."
Admon. of his estate was granted in 1690, and his widow d. 12 Sept.,
1715,* being buried the next day in the second vault in the Chancel
* Chancery Bill 26 April, 1727, Roche v Stanton and others
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of St. Michan's, Dublin, She had ten surviving children at her husband's
death. Their family consisted in all of one son and eleven daus. : —
I. MATHEW, (Rev.) of whom presently.
I. Susanna French, bapt. at St. Michan's 28 Nov., 1678, m.
Richard Sheridan, and d. before 1727, leaving issue, legatees,
but not indi\ddually named, in the wiU of their uncle, the
Rev. M. French.
II. Anne French, bapt. at St. Michan's 3 Nov., 1679, buried at
St. Michan's, 16 Jan., 1680, " in the south Isle of this Church,
close by the side of Mr. Standish tomb."
III. Jane French, bapt., 18 Feb., 1680-1, buried at St. Michan's
10th Aug., 1691.
IV. Martha French, bapt. 21 Feb., 1681-2, d. unm., 1727.
V. Elinor French, bapt. 20 Sept., 1683, d. intest. before 1727.
VI. Frances French, bapt. 21 Jan., 1685-6, m. James Stanton, and
had a son :
Mathew Stanton, Uviug 1753.
VII. Rebecca French, buried at St. Michan's 6 Oct., 1687.
VIII. Katherine French, m. the Rev. Lucas Greene, M.x4., Rector of
Ballymachy, Co. Tipperary, son of Jo. Greene, of Dublin,
"gen." He entered T.C.D. 16 Nov., 1698, aged 15, B.A., 1702,
M.A. 1705. His will, dated 17 Feb., 1720, was proved 15
Oct., 1723. They had issue :—
1. Richard Greene. 2. William Greene. 3. Mathew Greene.
1. Frances Greene. 2. Catherine Greene.
IX. Deborah French, m. the Rev. John Pigott, M.A., Rector of
Loughrea, Co. Galway. For their children and descendants
see pp. 22-25.
X. Elizabeth French, m. John Curtis.
XI. Mary French, d. intest. before 1727.*
The only son of Mathew French, jun., was : —
THE REV MATHEW FRENCH, Scholar, T.C.D., 1701, B.A., 1703,
entrance not recorded, bapt. at St. Michan's, Dublin, 20 Jan., 1684-5,
collated Prebendary of Kilroot, Co. Antrim, 13 Sept., 1716, being next
successor but one to Swift in that cure. He d. " about March, 1721,
possessed of a considerable reall and personall Estate sufficient to pay
* These children, with the exception of thoae who died yoxing, are all detailed
in the Chancery Bill of 1727.
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his just debts with a great overplus." * His will, dated 12 March, 1719,
was proved 7 Julj, 1722. He had three children : —
I. Mathew French, d. unm. before 1739.t
I. Marianne French, m. at Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath, by licence
dated 10 March, 1737, the Rev. Andrew Nixon, B.A., of
Nixon Lodge, Co. Cavan, Vicar of Ahamplish, dio. Elphin.
Her portrait faces p. 83, and one of her dresses is still
preserv^ed. She d. 15 March, 1775, leaving numerous
descendants, in the families of Nixon, Grattan, Swanzy,
Erskine, etc., for whom see pp. 83-127, inclusive.
II. JOANNA, of whom immediately.
The younger dau. : —
JOANNA FRENCH, m. licence 15 July, 1738, the Rev. Edward
Fanning, B.A., Rector of Banagher and Dungiven, diocese of Derry,
1751-91, son of the Rev. Geoffrey Fanning, B.A., Rector of Banagher
and Dungiven, 1716-51, by his wife, sister of Henry Cary, of Dimgiven,
Co. Derry, M.P. for Coleraine, and dau. of Edward Cary, of Dungiven,{
by his wife Martha, 2nd dau. of Henry Mervyn, of Trellick, Co. Tyrone,
M.P. for Augher, 1661, and for Co. Tyrone, 1692, High Sheriff Co. Tyrone,
1686, eldest son of Sir Audley Mervyn, M.P., of Castle Mervyn, Co.
Tyrone, Speaker of the Irish House of Commons. The Rev. Edward
Fanning entered T.C.D. 16 Oct,. 1728, aged 19, was B.A. 1733*, and in
1742 was living at Killala, Co. Mayo, when he was a candidate for the
premium offered by the Dublin Society for the greatest yield of wheat
from one plantation acre during that year. He had 19 barrels 9 stone
from 3 roods 30 perches, but did not get the prize [Pue, 7 Dec, 1742).
Towards the end of his life, while still holding his benefices, he lived
in Grafton St., Dublin, where his wife d. May, 1776, and d. there 1791
(will proved 9 July) having had three children : —
I. Henry Fanning, (Rev.), B.A., T.C.D., 1768, d. July, 1771.
I. CATHERINE, of whom presently.
II. Martha Fanning, m. 29 May, 1762, § Blennerhasset Grove, of
Dublin, one of the Sheriff's Peers, 5th son of Ion Grove, of
Ballyhemock (now Annesgrove), Co. Cork, (by Arabella, dau.
of Robert Blennerhasset) eldest son of Alexander Grove, of
Ballyhemock, by Dorothy, younger dau. of James Mansergh,
* Same Chancery Bill.
t Chancery Bill, 28 March, 1739, Tisdall v. Nixon, Fanning and French.
X The Life of Thomas Reynolds, by his Son, London, 1839, Vol. I., p. 78.
§ " Married May 29, Mr. Blennerhasset Grove, to Miss Martha Fanning, daughter
of the Rev.Edward Fanning, of Dimgiven, in the county of Derry, a moat beautifnl
young lady, whose endowments in every respect cannot fail to render the married
•tate truly happy." 'Public Gazetteer, 5 June, 1762).
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of Macrony Castle, Fermoy, Capt. of Horse. Mr. Grove d.
Nov., 1773, leaving two daus. : —
1. Elizabeth Grove, d. 10 Jan., 1793.
2. Anna Grove, d., 1790-91.
The elder dau. : —
CATHERINE FANNING, m. William Witherington,* of Grafton
St., Dublin, and d. 18 April, 1797, having had by him (admon. granted
25 Feb., 1802) three sons and five daus. : —
I. Edward Witherington, Lieut. -Colonel 9th Dragoons, h. 23 Jan.,
1758, m. May, 1825, Miss Childe, and d. in Dublin of cholera,
15 Aug., 1832, having had a son, b. May, 1827.
11. Henry Piercy Witherington, d. young.
III. Henry Witherington, Lieut. 9th Dragoons, exchanged in 1799
to the 2nd Regt. in order to see active service in Holland,
served through the whole of that campaign ; exchanged for
the same reason into the 63rd Regt., and saw further service.f
. He was h. 17 March, 1779, m. 1803, Maria, 2nd dau. of General
Bird, of Goytra, Monmouthshire, and sister of Lieut-Colonel
Henry Bird, 5th Regt., and d. at Deal, where he had landed
from Flushing, 16 Sept., 1809, leaving by her, who d. 25 Dec,
1807, a dau. :—
Selina M. A. Witherington,^ m. 21 Aug., 1849, J. H. S. Sadler,
of Bleak Hall, Wilts.
I. Joanna Witherington, d. unm., 23 Aug., 1793.
II. Martha Witherington, m. 1st (a runaway match) at St. Ann's
Dublin, 21 July, 1785, the famous Theobald Wolfe Tone,
B.A., LL.B., Barrister-at-law, (son of Peter Tone, a coach-
maker of Dublin) known for his connection with the rebellion
in 1798. He d. in prison 19 Nov., 1798, having had issue : —
1. William Theobald Wolfe Tone, Lieut. 8th Royal Chasseurs
in the service of France, Legion of Honour, author of a
Life of his father, 6. 29 April, 1791, m. 1825, Katherine,
only dau. of Counsellor WilUam Sampson, of New York,
and d. 10 Nov., 1828, at New York, lea^ng an only dau. : —
Grace Georgina Toce, m. Lascelles E. Maxwell, and d.
his widow, at Brooklyn, N.Y., April, 1900
2. Francis Rawdon Tone, b. 1793, d. 1806.
1. Maria Tone, d. in Paris, April, 1803.
* Stated by his grandson, T. Reynolds, 1839, to have been a naval officer. He
was certainly later a woollen draper in Dublin.
t Oentlemen's Magazine, 1809, Vol. II., p. 1084.
X She was apparently m. before to Mr. Forgood, of Dartford, see Reynolds' Life.
The above statement ib from the MSS. of the late Mrs. A. F. Reynolds.
HARRIETT.
AVife of Thomas Reynolds, and daughter of ^Villiam Witlierington.
See p. 21.
F)om a Miniature in possef<xio)t til Misii .Juliti B( i/noldx.
"^
To face p. 21.
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Martha Tone, m. 2nd, 19 Aug., 1816, Thomas Wilson of DuUatur,
Scotland, and d., in U.S.A., 18 March, 1849.
III. HAREIETT, of whom presently.
IV. Catherine Witherington, m. 1796, John Heaviside, of the War
Ofl&ce, Dept., Dublin, and had one son.
V. EUzabeth Witherington.
The 3rd dau. :—
HARRIETT WITHERINGTON, m. 25 March, 1794, Thomas
Reynolds, of Kilkea Castle, Co. Kildare, elder son of Andrew Reynolds,
of Dublin, and Rathfarnham, by Rose, dau. of Thomas Fitzgerald,
of Kilmeed, Co. Kildare. Mr. Reynolds, who was greatly imphcated
in the troubles of 1798, d. 18 Aug., 1836, and in 1839 a Vindication of
his actions was pubUshed by his son Thos. By his wife, who d. 29 July,
1851, he had issue : —
I. ANDREW FITZGERALD, of whom presently.
II. Thomas Reynolds, b. 15 April, 1798, m. in Copenhagen, Caroline
Henrietta Ross, (who d. 28 Jan., 1868) and d. 8 Dec, 1846,
leaving issue : —
1. Thomas Andrew Fitzgerald Reynolds, of Hamsted House,
Hants, m. Anne, 2nd dau. of Thomas Raikes, of Springnill,
Welton, E. Yorks, and d. s.p. 1 Jan., 1878. She d. 26
Feb., 1864.
1. Mary Reynolds, m. James Henry Hold en, Solicitor, of Hull
and London, and d. s.p. 24 Dec, 1879. He d. 13 Feb.,
1881.
1. Catherine Reynolds, m. 12 Jan., 1828, in Paris, M. De Bressy, a
French ojBicer, and d. Nov., 1858, having had issue : —
1. Amelie De Bressy, m. and d. about 1860.
2. Valerie De Bressy, d. in infancy 14 March, 1830.
3. Harriette Elise De Bressy, m. M. de Bouffon, grandnephew
of M. De Bouft'on, the famous naturalist, and d. before
May, 1903, having had a son, who is dead.
4. Another dau
II. Harriett Reynolds, m. 7 April, 1828, M. Celeste Etienne David,
French Consul in Mexico, eldest son of Pierre David, Consul
General at Smyrna, and d. 16 March, 1830, leaving no
surviving issue.
The elder son : —
ANDREW FITZGERALD REYNOLDS, Barrister-at-law, entered
Trin. Coll. Camb., 1813, and Temple, 1814, b. 10 Feb., 1795, m. 23
July, 1833, Mary, 2nd dau. of Caiua Thompson, of Hull, merch., by
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Mary, dau, of Jolin Rickard, of Beck Bank House, Yorke, and d. 23
July, 1856, having had by her, who d. 10 May, 1892, in her 95th year :
I. Henry Fitzgerald Reynolds, h. 24 Dec, 1837, d. 30 Jan., 1863.
II. WALTER, of whom presently.
I. Harriett Ann Reynolds, d. in infancy 19 July, 1835.
II. Julia Ann Reynolds.
The younger son : —
WALTER REYNOLDS, of Hull, Stock and Share broker, b. 16
July, 1839, m. 18 May, 1864, Matilda, youngest dau. of James
Hamilton, J.P., D.L., of Fintragh, Co. Donegal, by Anne, dau. of
William Hutchinson, of Earby Hall, Yorkshire, and d. 12 Aug., 1893,
having had issue : —
I. HENRY FITZGERALD, of whom presently.
II. Walter Hamilton Reynolds, b. 24 Sept., 1876.
I. Mary Geraldine Reynolds.
II. Kathleen Rose Reynolds, d. 5 Feb., 1872.
III. Evelyn Reynolds.
IV. Mabel Reynolds.
The elder son : —
HENRY FITZGERALD REYNOLDS, Engineer and Analytical
Chemist, London, was b. 8 June, 1865.
The Family of Pigott, Descended from Deborah French.
We now return to the ninth dau. of Mathew French and Mary Meade
(p. 18);
DEBORAH FRENCH, m. the Rev. John Pigott, M.A.,* Rector of
Loughrea, Co. Galway, son of Thomas Pigott, of Chetwynd, Co. Cork, by
Jane. dau. of Sir Emanuel Moore, Bart., of Rosscarbery, Co. Cork,
High Sheriff, Co. Cork, 1677. Mr. Pigott, who was b. in Co. Cork,
entered T.C.D. 30 June, 1701, aged 15, was B.A., 1705, M.A. 1708,
and was buried at St. Michan's, Dubhn, 31 July, 1734, having had two
eons and one dau. : —
I. Thomas Pigott, buried at St. Paul's, 10 Jan., 1708.
* The Rev. John Pigott's brother, Emanuel Pigott, of Chetwynd, M.P. City for
Cork, 1735-60, was father of Major-General Thomas Pigott, of Knapton, Queen's
Co., M.P. Taghmon, 1776-83, and Midleton 1783-90, and 1790-93, whose son.
Sir George Pigott, Bart., so created 3 Oct., 1808, was ancestor of the baronets of
Knapton. The Rev. John Pigott's gxandfather, Alexander Pigott, of Innishannon,
Co. Cork, M.P. Maryborough, 1661, was son of John Pigott, of Grangebegg, Queen's
Co., M.P., that Co. 1634-9, and 1639-46,by Martha, dau. of Sir Thomas Colclough,
Knt., of Tintern Abbey, Co. Wexford. {Lodge's Peerage, 1906).
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, II. WILLIAM, of whom immediately.
I. Elizabetli Pigott.
The younger son : —
THE VEN. WILLIAM PIGOTT, Archdeacon of Clonfert, and
Hector of Killan, diocese of Kilmore, from 25 Nov., 1772, entered T.C.D
29 June, 1732, B.A. 1736, M.A. 1739, m. 1st EUza Clarke, of Cork,
and 2nd, 30 April, 1770, Mary Moore, whose will, dated 15 March,
1797, was proved 4 Oct., 1797. The Archdeacon, whose will was dated
27 June, 1783, was buried at Loughrea, 17 Nov., 1790. He had by his
first wife, four sons and two daughters : —
I. HENRY, of whom presently.
II. Alexander Pigott, of Monemore, Co. Galway, bapt. 1752, living
1783.
III. John Pigott, Colonel in the army, Uving 1783. It is stated
by Mr. W. Jackson Pigott that John Pigott was the Colonel
Pigott. the duellist, of Loughrea, mentioned in Lever's ^'Jack
Hinton, Chap. 29, as follows : — " Pigott was an old half-pay
Colonel, whose principal occupation for thirteen years had
been what the French would call ' to assist ' at afEairs of
honour. Even the Major himself looked up to him as a last
appeal in a disputed or a difficult point ; and many a reserved
case was kept for his opinion, with the same ceremonious
observance as a knotty point of law for the consideration of
the twelve Judges."
IV. Edward Pigott (Rev.), B.A., T.C.D., 1772, Rector of Dysart
Enos, instituted 4 Sept., 1772, bapt. 1749, in. twice, one
marriage being 23 July, 1774, to Anne Bilhng, by whom he
had a dau. : —
Frances Mary Anne Billing Pigott.
I. Elizabeth Pigott, buried at Loughrea, 1748.
II. Deborah Pigott, m. 11 June, 1768, Thomas Curtis, eldest son of
John Curtis, of Mount Hanover, Duleek, Co. Meuth, High
Sheriff Co. Meath, 1749.*
The eldest son : —
THE REV. HENRY PIGOTT, Rector of Dunsaudle, Loughrea,
Co. Galway, m. Frances, dau. of Samuel Benton, of Co. Sligo, and d.
before 15 March, 1797, having had three sons and three daughters : —
I. WiUiam Pigott, Capt. 84th Regt., 18 Aug., 1808, Capt. ir army
♦John Curtis of Mount Hanover, m. Feb.. 1744, Martha, dau. of Thomas Towers
of Archerstown. Co. Meath, (Burke's Landed Oeiitry, 1846." Towers of Bushy Park,")
His will, dated 29 Sept, 1771, was proved 27 July, 1775, A settlement had lately
been made on his son Thomas Curtis. His other sons were Richard (inherited
Mount Hanover), Robert (got Rasteen, Co. Meath), and William, (got Jamestown
Queen's Co.).
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5 Nov., 1807, b. 1780, m. 1804, Jane Armstrong, elder dau. of
Thomas Drought, of Droughtville, King's Co., by Frances
Maria, dau. of Colonel the Hon. Thomas Wallen, President
of the Council of Jamaica, and d. 19 Feb., 1852, aged 72, buried
at Loughrea, leaving by her, who d. 1818, four children : —
1. Henry Pigott, bapt. at Loughrea 1805, went to America.
2. "William Pigott, m. 1st, Anne, dau. of Pierce Blake, of Holly
Park, Co. Galway, and 2Dd, Miss Redington.
1. Frances Pigott.
2. Jane Pigott.
II. HENRY, of whom presently.
III. Thomas Pigott, bapt. 1789, buried 1790.
I. Deborah Pigott, buried at Loughrea 1856, aged 76.
II. Frances Pigott, Mrs. Hawkins. ''^
III. Jane Pigott.
The second son : —
HENRY PIGOTT, of Eagle Hill, Loughrea, J.P., Co. Galway,
Capt. 82nd Regt., served in the Peninsula, m. 18 Jan., 1816, Margaret,
eldest dau. of Sir Scrope Bernard-Morland, Bart., M.P., of Winchendon,
Bucks, by Harriett, only child and heiress of WilHam Morlaad. She
d. 7 June, 1859, having had two sons and three daughters : —
I. FRANCIS BERNARD, of whom presently.
II. Henry De Renzy Pigott, Major-General in the army, B.A.,
T.C.D., 1844, Ensign 83rd Regt., 1845, served in the Indian
Mutiny, and the Afghan war of 1878, and had medals for
both campaigns. Major 83rd Regt., 1862, Major 19th Regt.,
1863, Lifeut.-Coionel 70th Regt., 1872, Brevet-Colonel, 1876,
commanded tho regimental district of Warrington 1881-2,
retired with the hon. rank of Major-General, 1882, m. Frances,
oniy dau. of Capt. Charles Paulet Doyne, Royal Horse Guards
Blue, grandson of the V^ery Rev. Charles Doyne, D.D., Dean
of Leighlin, 3rd son of Philip Doyne, of Wells, Co. Wexford.,
Major-General Pigott d. at Elkhorn, Manitoba, 14 Nov., 1889,
having had issue : — ,
1. Henry Bernard Pigott.
2. Augustus Doyne Pigott, m. Florence Buchanan, of Maiden,
Manitoba.
3. Tyringham Vere Pigott.
* " Well married in Co. Cork " {The Bernards of Abington and Nether Winchendon,
by Mi8. Napier Higgins, Longmans, Green, 1904, Vol. IV,, p. 89.)
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4. Chetwynd Pigott, in. in Canuda.
1. Frances Beiitrice Pigott.
2. Violet Pigott, m. in Canada
I. Marianne Frances Pigott.
II. Harriett Morland Pigott.
III. Margaret Jane Pigott.
The elder son : —
FRANCIS BERNARD PIGOTT, of Eagle Hill, 6. 5 Jan., 1822, m.
1st, 5 Sept., 1850, his cousin, Letitia Charlotte, eldest child of Sir Thomas
Tyringham Bernard, 6th Bart., of Nether Winchendon, Bucks, by
Sophia only child and heiress of Sir David Wilhams, Bart., of
Goldingtons, Herts., and CUfiord Court, Herefordshire, and by her,
who d. 17 Dec, 1865, had an only child : —
LOUISA SOPHIA BERNARD, of whom presently.
Mr. Pigott m. 2nd, 9 Oct., 1867, Charlotte Octavia, widow of Major
James Harrison Cholmeley, 8th Hussars, and youngest dau. of James
Raymond Johnstone, of Alva, Clackmannanshire, by Mary Ehzabeth,
sister of Sir Montague Cholmeley, Bart., of Easton Park, Lincolnshire.
Mr. Pigott d. 12 Nov., 1872. His only child :—
LOUISA SOPHIA BERNARD PIGOTT, m. 5 Aug., 1874, Wilham
Walton, of Horsley Priory, Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, J.P., eldest son
of James Walton, of Dolforgan, Montgomeryshire, and has issue : —
I. Francis William Bernard Walton, 6. 29 Dec, 1891.
I. Constance Vera Walton, in. 31 Jan., 1901, Charles Kensit
Norman, of Brantham Court, Suffolk, 2nd son of the Rev.
Charles Frederick Norman, M.A., J.P., of Mistley Place,
Essex, Hon. Canon of St. Albans, and Rector of Mistley with
Bradfield.
II. Edith MiUicent Walton.
III. Florence Margaret Walton, m. 10 Feb., 1905, her cousin, Frederick
James Walton, only son of Frederick Walton, of Cwmllecoediog,
Montgomeryshire, and has one dau. : —
Margaret Petronilla MilUcent Walton.
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CHAPTER IV.
Stanford of Cabn.
Daniel French and his descendants.
The 3rd son of Mathew French, of Belturbet, (p. 2) was : —
MAJOR DANIEL FRENCH, of Belturbet, High Sheriff, Co. Cavan.
1690, J.P. Co. Cavan, (warrant books, Record Office), attainted by
James II. as Daniel French, of Belturbet, Merchant, was active in the
cause of William of Orange. In the spring of 1689 he sat out from
Belturbet with sixty horse, captured Sir Gerard Irvine, and sent him
a prisoner to Lord Blayney.* In the Irish Civil Correspondence, State
Papers, Dublin Castle, there is a letter from him, dated 5 Aug., 1702.
For the charge brought against him in his father's will, (apparently
the unfounded suspicion of a sick man) and his vindication, see p. 4.
He m. 1685, Isabella, niece of Ambrose Bedell, of Cam, Co. Cavan,
J.P., High Sheriff Co. Cavan, 1668, sister of Ambrose Bedell, junior,
of Cam, and youngest dau.f of the Rev. William Bedell, Vicar of
Kinawley, diocese of Kilmore, 1634-37, and Rector of Rattlesden,
Suffolk, 1644-70, eldest son of the Right Rev. WILLIAM BEDELL,
the famous Bishop of Kilmore, 1629-42. Major French d. 1702, admon.
19 Feb., 1702-3 to Arthur Noble, of Lisnaskea, Co. Fermanagh, the
principal creditor, Isabella, the widow, renouncing her interest. She
d. 1718, (will dat. 21 June, proved Prerog. 18 Aug.), having had three
daua. : —
I. ELINOR, of whom presently.
II. Mary French, m. licence granted in dio. Kilmore 9 July, 1717,
the Rev. John Fletcher, (who entered T.C.D. 23 March, 1706,
aged 17, b. at Whitehaven, England) B.A., 1710, Curate of
St. Michan's, Dublin, licence 5 July, 1726, son of the Rev.
John Fletcher, His will was proved 6 March, 1732. They had
a son : —
Bedell Fletcher, b. about 1728 in Dublin, educated by Mr.
Quinton, entered T.C.D. 9 May, 1744, aged 16, Scholar
1747, B.A. 1749, M.A. I756.4:
* Derry and Enniskilhn in the Year 1689, by Professor Witherow, p. 192.
t Chancery Bill 21 June, 1728, Stanford, Fletcher, and Britton v. Geering and
Bedell. Mrs. French's elder sister Penelope m. 1680, the Rev. James Lowry,
Vicar of Kinawley and Killinagh, 1685, and of Arklow, Co. Wicklow, 1704. (£»7e
and Death of Bishop Bedell, by Jones, pp. 237-8.)
t A marriage licence was issiied 4 Dec, 1773, between Bedell Fletcher, of
Rathmineg, Co. Dublin, Gent., and Elizabeth Fletcher, of St. Mary's, Dublin,
apr. to be m. in that church.
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III. Susanna French, m. lat John Britton, of Dublin, Attorney-at-law,
whose will dated 8 May, 1726, was proved same year. By
him she had three daus. : —
1. Isabella Britton, m. at St. Ann's, Dublin, 11 Feb., 1755,
the Ven. Charles Huson, Archdeacon of Ferns 1767-77,
and Rector of St. Patrick's, Wexford, who entered T.C.D.
3 March, 1728, son of Benjamin Huson. The Archdeacon
d. April, 1777, and a tablet to his memory is in Wexford
Church. His will, dated 13 June, 1766, was proved in
Ferns diocese 6 June, 1777. His widow, who went to
live first at Artramont, Wexford, with her half-brother,
R. Le Hunte, M.P., and afterwards at Belvedere, with
her sister, was buried at Wexford 13 Feb., 1784.
2. Mary Britton.
3. Winifred Britton, who lived with her half-brother at
Artramont, and after his death, at Belvedere House,
Wexford. She was buried at Wexford 29 Dec, 1789,
will proved 29 May, 1790, by John Brownrigg, husband of
Isabella Brownrigg, otherwise Stanford, the sole executrix.
Susanna French, Mrs. Britton, m. 2nd Francis Le Hunte, M.D.,
of Brennanstown, Co. Dubhn, one of the founders of the
Royal Dublin Society. Dr. Le Hunte, who was brother of
Mrs. Humphrey French, (see p. 15) succeeded his brother
Richard in the family estates, and retired from practice to
live at Brenanstown. See some account of him in Mr. F.
Elrington Ball's History of the County of Dublin, Vol. I., p.
106. Thomas Mozeen, an actor, in his contemporary
Miscellaneous Essays, p. 67, now in the British Museum,
has a poem entitled " The Invitation to Dr. Le Hunt's in the
County of Dublin." He describes how, as he lay on the grass,
he thought about the depravity of mankind, and proceeds : —
When strait by my Side there appear'd a fair Maid
In Vestments as white as the Lilly array'd
Whose ruddy Complexion, and Glee of whose face
Shew'd Health had a sovereign Swa}' in the Place.
" Your censures are rash," said she, " V/hy for a few
" Should you judge the whole World to be false and untrue
" Come to * Braneustown House at the Top of the Hill
" And yoiu" splenatio Humours we'll teach you to kill,
" With all that the Eye can take in of Delight,
" With all that the Heart conceives virtuous and right
" With all that brings Mirth and gives Vapours the Rout,
" I'll engage you'll be pleas'd with within and without."
I thank'd her but told her I couldn't that Day,
For I dined with the 'Squire and good Mrs. Bray.
" Be 't soon," she reply'd, '' or I take an Aflfront,
" Content is my Name, and I Hve with Le Hunt."
He adds the note : — " * Branenstoum, a seat in the County
of Dublin, the property of Dr. Le Hunt formerly a Physician
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of great Eminence, but who had retir'd from Practice some
Years before the above was wrote : a Gentleman who from
his extensive Charities, Benevolence and great AfEability
rendered himself justly beloved by every Person happy enough
to be acquainted with him — He is since dead, when the many
who stood in need of his Assistance lost a most valuable
Benefactor, and those who did not a sincere Friend and
amiable Companion," He d. 1 Dec, 1750, and in the Belfast
Newsletter for Friday, 7 Dec. is the following : — " Dublin,
Dec. 4, Last Saturday died at his House at Brennan's Town,
Francis Le Hunte, Esq., Doctor of Physick and Fellow of the
College of Physicians. Upon his Brother's Death, by which
a considerable estate devolved to him, he retired from the
Business of his Profession, and enjoyed his Friends with a
Cheerfulness and good-nature, which, with his other valuable
Qualities, have made his Death a real Loss to all who had
the Pleasure of his Acquaintance. By his Death a good
Estate descendeth to his only son Richard Le Hunte, Esq.,
a Student of Lincoln Inn." He was succeeded by his only son,
by Susanna French, otherwise Britton, his wife : —
Richard Le Himte, of Artramont, Co. Wexford, M.P.
Wexford 1771-6, and 1776-83, Barrister-at-law Hilary Term
1759, but did not practise,* entered T.C.D. 14 Nov.,
1745, aged 17, B.A. 1750, d. s.p. 1783,t cod. to will 11
Jan., 1780, proved 12 Feb., 1783, executors his sisters
Mrs. Huson and Miss Britton, and his kinsman Daniel
Stanford. He left Isabella Stanford his diamond ring,
his little mare called Polly, and £200, while he bequeathed
Artramont to his cousin. Major George Le Hunte, great-
grandfather of the present Sir George Ruthven Le Hunte,
K.C.M.G., of Artramont, Governor of South Austraha.
The eldest dau. of Daniel French and Isabella Bedell,
ELINOR FRENCH, m., Kilmore Ucence 22 Nov., 1707, Capt. John
Stanford, High Sheriff, Co. Cavan, 1734 and Co. Monaghan, 1741,
J.P. Co. Cavan 16 Jan., 1723-4, B.A. T.C.D. 1706, (entered 27 Nov.,
1701, aged 15), jure uxoris of Cam, Belturbet, Co. Cavan, which he
claimed in right of his wife, J eldest son of Luke Stanford, of Belturbet,
" a merchant of large dealing," § by Anne Hecclefield his wife. Capt.
* Wilson's Dublin Directory, 1780, p. 99.
•j- Deaths " at Kiltorkan, near Ejlkenny, Richard Le Hunte, Esq., Member of
Parliament for the town of Wexford." {Gentleman's and London Magazine, Feb.,
1783.)
X The Life and Death of Bishop Bedell, ed. by T. W. Jones, Camden Soc, 1872,
p. 259, note a.
§ Exchequer Bill, 1 Dec, 1746, Bedell Howard Stanford v. EUnor Stanford and
others.
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Stanford d. 1745 (will dated 28 May, proved 20 Nov.) having had 3
sons and 2 daus. : —
I. John Stanford, educated at Cavan, under Mr. Richards,
entered T.C.D. 8 July, 1734, aged 15, d. 1735.*
II. Bedell Howard Stanford, of Cam, High Sheriff Co. Monaghan,
1754, and Co. Cavan, 1768, J.P. Co. Cavan, 19 May, 1759,
educated at Cavan under Dr. Sheridan, entered T.C.D. 16
Aug., 1738, aged 18, did not graduate,f migrated to the
University of Glasgow, matric. 1741, M.A. 1743, m. Elizabeth,
sister of David Jones, of Bensfort, Co. Meath, High Sheriff
Co. Cavan 1763, and eldest dau. of John Jones, of Belturbet,
J.P., High Sheriff Co. Cavan, 1750, by his wife, sister of
Benjamin Copeland, of Bensfort, High Sheriff Co. Meath, 1751.J
Mr. Stanford communicated to the publisher of the Dublin
edition of Burnet's Life of Bishop Bedell, 1758, the story of
the prayer murmured at the Bishop's funeral by a Roman
Catholic priest, " 0 sit anima mea cum Bedello." § He d.
in Dominick Street, Dublin, 11 March, 1776, in his 56th
year, and his widow placed a tablet to his memory in Belturbet
Church. His will was proved 26 April, 1776. Mrs. Bedell
Stanford, d. s.p., 1798 (cod. to will dated 24 March, proved
4 Aug.) leaving her property to her own relations, including
her nieces Mrs. Bolton and Lady Fortescue, and her nephew
John Moutray Jones.
III. DANIEL, of whom presently.
I. Anne Stanford.||
II. Charity Stanford, m. John Bradshaw, and had : —
1. Bedell Bradshaw.
2. Thomas Bradshaw.
3. Luke Bradshaw.
4. Daniel Bradshaw.^
* Exchequer Bill, 1 Dec, 1746, do., bur. at St. Michael's, 26 April, 1735.
t His father is erroneously entered in the T.C.D. matriculation register as
" Beadle " instead of John. The name is correctly given in the Glasgow register.
X The Rev Thos. Sheridan, writing from Co. Cavan to Dean Swift. 20 July
1736, says : — " The ladies are full of your coming, viz. — My wife, two ladies
Lanesborough . . . Jlrs. Nesbitt, her five daughters . . . Mrs. Jones, Beauty
Copeland ... all your Cavan mistresses." Beauty Copeland was no doubt the
future Mrs. Charles Grattan, see p. 91.
§ Life of Bp. Bedell, ed. by Jones, pp. 195 and 259.
II Possibly she was Mrs. Richardson, for Bedell H. Stanford mentions in his
will, " my nephew John Richardson, of Belturbet, Esq., now a cornet in H.M.
13 Regt., of Dragoons."
^ Probably the Mr. Daniel Bradshaw whose death at his seat near Florencecourt,
14 Feb., 1824, aged 82, is announced in the Enniskillen Chronicle for Feb. 19.
He was Linen Inspector in Co. Fermanagh for upwards of 40 years, and was
succeeded in that oflSce by his grandson, Mr. John Hamilton, appointed joint
Inspector some time since.
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1. Sarah Bradshaw.
The 3rd son :—
DANIEL STANFORD, of Dominick St., Dublin, Attorney-at-law
m. Mary Richardson, and d. (will dated 25 April, 1787, proved 21 Feb.j
1788) having had, besides a dau. Mary, bapt. at St. Mary's, Dublin
22 Dec, 1770, apparently d. young, three sons and two daus. : —
I. JOHN, of whom presently.
II. James Stanford.
III. Bedell Stanford.
I. Elinor Stanford, m. 1796, the Rev. Francis Eastwood.
II. Isabella Stanford, m. at Wexford, 23 April, 1789, John Brownrigg,
LL.D., Barrister-at-law, of 29 York St., Dublin, and Maghera-
beg, Co. Wicklow, son of Henry Brownrigg, and by him,
cod. to whose will was dated 8 April, 1795, proved 31 May,
1797, had at her death, (will proved 1805) two children : —
1, Henry John BroTSTirigg, formerly of Southampton, but after
1841, of the Chateau Duplessis L' Orient, France, will
dated 13 April, 1841, proved 13 Feb., 1847, mentions
his uncle, Henry Brownrigg, of Wingfield, Co. Wexford,
but says that Wingfield belonged to his own wife. By
her, dau. of Addington, he had issue : —
(1). Henry John Brownrigg.
(1). Isabella Brownrigg.
(2.) Henrietta Brownrigg.
(3.) Mary Brownri^.
(4.) Catherine Brownrigg.
1. Isabella Winifred Brownrigg.
The eldest son : —
JOHN STANFORD, of Carn, and of Gloucester St., Dublin, High
Sheriff Co. Cavan, 1789, Barrister-at-law, Hilary Term, 1785, entered
T.C.D. 16 Oct., 1776, aged 16 (tutor Rev. Wm. Richardson, F.T.C.D.,
afterwards Rector of Clonfeacle.) but did not graduate. He was b.
in Co. Derry, and m. at Wexford, 22 Oct., 1784, Barbara, 2nd dau. of
Major Loftus ClifEe, by Anne, dau, of William Hore, of Harperstown,
Co. Wexford, M.P. for Taghmon 1727-31, and 1741-6, by the Hon.
Dorothy Ponsonby, dau. of William, 1st Viscount Duucannon, and
sister of Brabazon, 1st Earl of Bessborough. Mr. Stanford d. 1806,
having had issue : —
I. John Stanford, d. s.f.
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II. BEDEL,* of whom presently,
I. Anne Stanford, m. 1809, Augustus Heron.
The younger son : —
BEDEL STANFORD, of Cam, High Sheriff Co. Cavan, 1835, J.P.
Co. Cavan 28 Nov., 1809, Capt. Cavan Militia 8 April, 1807, m. Elizabeth
Christiana, dau. of the Rev. John Gale, of Angersleigh, Somerset.
Capt. Stanford, who sold to J. H. Story some lands in Co. Cavan which
had been acquired by Ambrose Bedell in 1661.t dl. 25 Dec, 1857, having
had issue : —
I. JOHN WOODWARD, of whom presently.
II. BedelljHenry Stanford, d. s.p. March, 1848.
I III. Walter Frederick Stanford, d. s.p. Aug., 1850.
IV. WilUam Bedell Stanford, (Rev.), Rector of Wishaw, diocese
of Worcester, formerly Canon of Christchurch, New Zealand,
B.A. Balliol Coll., Oxford, 1860, M.A. 1863, b. 14 Dec, 1837.
m. 8 April, 1863, his cousin Harriet, 2nd dau. of the Very
Rev. Frederick Owen, M.A., Dean of Leighlin, son of the Rev.
Roger Carmichael Owen, Rector of Camolin, Co. Wexford,
by Anne, dau. of Major Loftus Cliffe, and has issue : —
1. WilHam Bedell Stanford, of Sutton Valence, Maidstone,
Kent, b. 14 June, 1865, m. 7 Oct., 1897, Inez Gertrude,
dau. of Thomas Tennant Prince, and has : —
(1.) PhyUis Stanford.
(2.) Margery Stanford.
2. Frederick Owen Stanford, A.I.C.E., m. Sophie Ann, dau.
of Griffith Griffiths, C.E.
3. Edwin Palmer Stanford, of Erinwood, Canterbury, New
Zealand, m. 3 April, 1897, Charlotte, dau. of J. H. Menzies
of Menzies Bay, New Zealand, and has one son : —
Owen Bedell Stanford, 6. 2 March, 1898.
4. Loftus CUffe Stanford, B.A., Tutor of St. Bede's College,
Durham.
1. Harriet Mary Stanford.
2. Ellen Barbara Stanford.
3. Agnes May Stanford.
V. Robert Loftus Stanford, B.A. Exeter Coll., Oxford, LL.B.
LTniversity of New Zealand, 1883, Barrister-at-law, and
Registrar Supreme Court, Wanganui, New Zealand, b. 8 Dec,
* So he spelled the name.
t Life of Bishop BedfU, ed by Joaes, p. 225.
1839, m. 4 May, 1864, his cousin Louisa, 4th dau, of the
Very Rev. Frederick Owen, Dean of Leighlin, and has had
issue : —
1. Francis Robert Larnach Stanford, b. 20 Jan., 1873, d. 20
Aug., 1903.
2. Charles Frederick Beaumont Stanford, b. 13 March, 1875,
m. 20 March, 1904, Daisy Adlam, and has issue : —
Owen Loftus James Stanford, b. 2 March, 1905.
3. John Reginald Loftus Stanford, b. 25 July, 1879.
4. Ernest Woodward Owen Stanford, 6. 20 May, 1882.
5. Arthur Bernard Kynaston Stanford, b. 26 Aug., 1883.
1. Edith Owen Stanford.
2. Constance Louisa Stanford.
3. Mabel Lucy Stanford, m. 3 Nov., 1900, Hickman Frank
Russell, 2nd son of Lieut-Colonel Hickman Rose Russell,
57th Regt., 2nd son of the Rev. John Clarke Russell, M.A.,
Rector of St. Thomas a ClifEe, Lewes, by Mary Tovey,
elder dau. of Capt. Hickman Leland Rose, 3rd Light
Dragoons, son of Joseph Rose, M.D., by Gertrude, dau.
of Hickman Rose, of Limerick, by Elizabeth, dau. of
Jonah Pratt, of Castlemartyr, Co. Cork, (see also p. 111).
Issue : —
(1.) Loftus Hickman Russell, 6. 11 Oct., 1901.
(2.) Robert Owen Hickman Russell, b. 4 March, 1903.
(1.) Mary Louisa Russell.
4. Gertrude Owen Stanford.
5. Olive Mary Stanford.
I. Charlotte Barbara Stanford, d. s.p. Oct., 1857.
II. EUzabeth Anne Stanford, of Oswestry, Salop.
III. Frances Harriet Stanford, m. 10 Oct., 1860, her cousin, the
Rev. Walter Charles Edward Kynaston, M.A., J.P., of Hard-
wick Hall, Shropshire, son of Colonel Robert Owen, and by
him, who took the name of Kynaston, had issue : —
1 , Walter Roger Owen Kynaston, Capt. Shropshire Yeomanry
Cavalry, b. 1 March, 1874.
1. Amy Frances Owen Kynaston, m. 11 July, 1893, her cousin
the Rev. Loftus Meade Owen, B.A., Vicar of Hanmer
Shropshire, 2nd son of the Rev. Loftus Owen, Vicar of
St. Giles, Shrewsbury, and has issue : —
(1). Robert Loftus Owen, 6. 1894.
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(2.) Philip James Owen, b. 1896.
(1.) Margaret Amy Frances Owen.
(2.) Violet Mary Owen.
2. Maud Charlotte Owen Kynaston, m. the Rev. Frederict
Charles Chambers, M.A., Vicar of Milcombe, Oxfordshire
3. Marianne Annette Owen Knyaston.
The eldest son :
JOHN WOODWARD STANFORD, of Cam, and of Chetwode
Priory, Buckinghamshire, b. 14 April, 1825, m. 15 Nov., 1860, Louisa,
fourth dau. of Nevile Reade, of Runnymede, Old Windsor, by the
Hon. Caroline Napier, youngest dau. of Francis, 7th Lord Napier,
and d. 16 June, 1904, ha^ing had by her, who d. 20 Dec, 1905, issue :—
I. HENRY BEDELL, of whom presently.
II. Charles Woodward Stanford, (Rev.), Vicar of North and South
Elldngton, Lincohishire, B.A., Worcester Coll., Oxford, 1884,
M.A. 1887, 6. 13 Jan., 1863, m. 1 Nov., 1893, Emily Mary,
only child of the late Rev. James Grenville Smyth, M.A., Vicar
of N. and S. Elkington and Prebendary of Lincoln, by Emily,
dau. of the Rev. Edward Royds, Rector of Brereton, Cheshire,
and has a dau. : —
Mary Dorothy Stanford.
III. Walter John Stanford, Civil Engineer, b. 18 May, 1864, m. 28
Aug., 1895, Ruby Belany, and has a dau. : —
Doreen Napier Stanford.
IV. Alfred Bracebridge Stanford, (Rev.) M.A. Emmanuel College,
Cambridge, b. 13 April, 1867, d. s.p. at Mafeldng, South Africa,
27 Dec, 1895.
V. Archibald Ambrose Stanford, b. 10 May, 1880.
I. Elizabeth Mary Stanford.
II. Charlotte Barbara Stanford.
The eldest son : —
HENRY BEDELL STANFORD, Major Royal Garrison Artillery
6. 9 Oct., 1861, w. 10 Oct., 1887, Florence, dau., of Colonel William
Frederick Carter, C.B., 63rd Regt., by Hannah Emily, dau. of John,
Anderson, of Cox Lodge Hall, Northumberland, and d. 14 July, 1904,
having had issue : —
I. JACK, of whom presently.
I. Norah Stanford.
II. Aileen Stanford.
The son : —
JACK STANFORD, 6. 27 July, 1888, is now the representative
(through his descent from the French family), of William Bedell, Bishop
of Kilmore.
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CHAPTER V.
Families of Warburton and Somerville, Lords Athlumney.
The elder dau. of Mathew French, of Belturbet, the elder (p. 2)
was : —
MARY FRENCH, m. consistorial marr. lie. July, 1672, John
Warburton, of Dublin, M.P. for Belturbet, 1692-93, and 1695-99, a
Six Clerk in Chancery from 29 Sept., 1669, till his resignation in 1700,
attainted 1689, third * and youngest son of Richard Warburton, of
Garryhinch, King's Co., M.P. for Ballyshannon 1695-1711, by Elizabeth,
dau. of Thomas L'Estrange, of Moystown, King's Co., M.P.f John
Warburton made his will 29 June, 1703. It was proved in the
Prerogative Court 11 Feb., 1703-4. His widow, Mary's, will, dated
17 Nov., 1727, was proved 12 April, 1729. They had (besides Mathew
Warburton, bapt. at St. Nicholas Within, Dublin, 19 Jan., 1676-7, d.
young ; John Warburton, buried at same, 28 April, 1687, and Ann
Warburton, buried at same 17 Sept., 1687) three children : —
I. Richard Warburton, (Rev.) entered Trin. Coll., Dublin, 22 Sept.,
1691, aged 17, B.A., 1696, M.A. 1699, d. unm., admon. granted
to his mother, 3 March, 1707-8,J bur. at St. Michael's,
6 Feb.
II. GEORGE, of whom presently.
I. Mary Warburton.
The younger son : —
GEORGE WARBURTON, LL.D.,§ Master in Chancery by patent
3 April, 1712, renewed by George L, 12 Jan., 1714, bapt. at St. Nicholas
Within, Dublin 20 May, 1681, m., prerog. marr. lie, 25 July, 1720,
Hannah Smith, of Dromenagh Parish, Co. Fermanagh, and d. 1730,
* The other two sons were Richard and George. Richard was M.P. for
Portarlington 1692 and 1715, and was father of Richard, M.P. for Queen's Co.,
and grandfather of John, M.P. for Queen's Co., 1779-94. George was M.P. for GowTan,
1692-93, and Portarhngton 1695-99, and was father of Richard, of Donnycamey.
Co. Dublin, M.P. for Portarhngton 1715-27, and Ballynaldll 1727-47. Seven
members of the Warburton family were thus representatives in the Irish House
of Commons between 1692 and 1794.
■f- Members of Parliament for the County and City of Kilkenny, by G. D. Burtchaell,
p. 84.
X Information from Mr. G. D. Burtchaell, Office of Arms, Dublin Castle.
§ G. E. C. Complete Baronetage, V. 358, is the authority for this degree. Sir
Quaile Somerville in his will mentions his father-in-law " Dr. George Warburton."
(Information from Mr. Bellingham Somerville).
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will dated 29 May, 1726, proved 20 Feb., 1731, to be buried in Kents-
town Churchyard, Co. Meath. He had two daus. : —
I. Hannah Warburton, d. before 1740.
II. MARY.
The younger dau. and eventual heiress : —
MARY WARBURTON, m. 19 Feb., 1740, Sir Quaile SomerviUe,
2nd Bart., of Brownstown, Co. Meath, High Sheriff City of Dublin, 1741-
2, eldest son of Sir James Somerville, Bart., M.P., Lord Mayor of Dublin
1736-7. Mary Somerville, d. 28 Feb., 1747, having had by her husband,
who d. at Brownstown, 3 Dec, 1772 (will dated 10 April, 1769, proved
30 Dec, 1772), three sons :—
I. JAMES QUAILE, his heir.
II. Warburton Somerville, of Mullinavale, Co. Monaghan, Cornet of
Dragoons,* m. 1st, EHzabeth, dau. of Capt. John Hamilton,
37th Regt. of Shankill, Co. Monaghan.t and 2nd, 9 Feb., 1803,
Charlotte, widow of Richard Sheridan, M.P. for Charlemont,
1790, and sister of Henry Mitchell, of Drumreaske, Co.
Monaghan. I
III. William Somerville, of Lake, Co. Cavan, J.P. that Co., 21 March,
1789, Ensign 56th Regt., will dated 2 May, 1798, proved 27
Aug., 1803.
The eldest son : —
SIR JAMES QUAILE SOMERVILLE, 3rd Bart., m. at St. Mary's,
Dublin, 16 June, 1770, Catherine, dau. of Sir Marcus Lowther-Crofton,
1st Bart., M.P., by Catherine, heiress of her brother Sir Edward Crofton,
4th Bart., M.P., and dau. of Sir Edward Crofton, 3rd Bart., of Mote,
Co. Roscommon, M.P. for that co., by Mary, dau. of Anthony Nixon,
of Dublin, She d. 1775, and Sir James d. 1802, having had two sons : —
I. MARCUS, his heir.
II. James Somerville, of Ross, Co. Meath, High Sheriff 1816, m.
8 May, 1812, Frances Armytage, dau. of Skeffington Thompson,
of Rathnally, Co. Meath, and d. 23 April, 1837, having had
by her, who d. 6 Aug., 1835, issue : —
1. James Somerville, of Ross, Lieut. 6th Dragoon Guards,
1845, nth Hussars 1846, d. intestate 14 Dec, 1896.
2. Marcus Richard Somerville, d. unm. in India, 1863.
3. William Somerville, Lieut. 22nd Regt., d. 1845, admon.
granted 25 March, 1848.
• Wai of Sir Q. Somerville.
fNo. 320511. Registry of Deeds.
t Exch. Bill. 12 March, 1817, Johnston v. Mitchell and Somerville.
c2
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1. Frances Somerville, m. March, 1848, William Cruise,
Barrister-at-law, of Rahood, Co. Meath.
2. Louisa Sonier\dlle, m. 1 June, 1839, Pierce Morton, of
Kilnacrott, Co., Cavan, and d. 1844.
The elder son : —
SIR MARCUS SOMERVILLE, 4th Bart., of Somerville, Co. Meath,
M.P. Co. Meath, 1800-31, m. 1st, in Sept., 1801, Anne, only dau. and
heiress of Sir Richard Gorges-Meredyth, Bart, of St. Katherine's
Grove, Co. Meath, by Mary, only dau. and heiress of Arthur Francis
Meredyth, of Dollardstown, Co. Meath. Sir Marcus m. 2nd, Elizabeth,
eldest dau. of Piers Geale, of Dublin, and d. 11 July, 1831. She m.
2nd, 26 July, 1841, Hugh, 2nd Earl Fortescue, E.G., and d, 4 May,
1896. Sir Marcus Somerville had two sons by his first marriage : —
I. WILLIAM MEREDYTH, his heir.
II. James Richard Somerville, Capt. Scots Greys, b. 1803, in. 1830,
Anna, dau. of Major-General Sir Henry Torrens, K.C.B.,
by Sarah, dau. of Colonel Robert Patten, Governor of St.
Helena, and d. 4 April, 1869, having had issue : —
1. William Meredyth Somerville, R.E., 6. 8 Nov., 1835, d.
at Scutari during the Crimean War, 3 Sept., 1855.
2. Henry John Torrens Somerville, Naval Cadet, H.M.S.,
Cleopatra, b. 21 April, 1837, d. 23 Oct., 1850.
3. Marcus Somerville, b. 8 Dec, 1842, d. 13 March, 1846.
1. Mary Anne Emily Somerville, m. 1870, the Rev. Theobald
Butler, and d. s.p. 15 Sept., 1871.
2. Anna Maria Somerville.
3. Frances Somerville.
4. Henrietta Sarah Somerville, m. 2 June, 1897, Lieut.-Colonel
John Rickaby, J.P., 3rd Batt. Prince of Wales' Own
West Yorkshire Regt.
The elder son : —
THE RIGHT HON. SIR WILLIAM MEREDYTH SOMERVILLE,
5th Bart., of Somerville, 1st LORD ATHLUMNEY AND MEREDYTH,
P.C., M.P., Drogheda, 1837-52, and Canterbury, 1854-65, Under
Secretary Home Department 1846-7, raised to the Peerage of Ireland
as Baron Athlumney of Somerville and Dollardstown, Co. Meath, 14
Dec, 1863, and to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Baron Meredyth
of Dollardstown, 3 May, 1866, High Sheriff Co. Meath, 1834, 6. 1802,
matriculated Christ Church, Oxford, 18 Feb., 1822, w. 1st, 22 Dec,
1832, Lady Maria Harriet Conyngham, youngest dau. of Henry, Ist
Marquis Conyngham, K.P., by Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph Denison
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of Denbies, Surrey. Lady Maria Somerville d. 3 Dec, 1843, having had
a son and a dau. : —
I. William Henry Marcus Somerville d. young, 11 Sept., 1837.
I. Hon. Elizabeth Jane Somerville, m. 18 Dec, 1856, James
Molyneux Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont, K.P., who d.
s.p. 12 Jan., 1892. She d. 31 May, 1882.
Lord Athlumney m. 2nd, 16 Oct., 1860, Maria Georgiana Elizabeth,
only dau. of Herbert George Jones, Serjeant at law, by Maria Alicia,
2nd dau. of Sir George William Leeds, Bart., of Croxton Park, Cambridge-
shire, and d. 7 Dec, 1873, having had by her, who d. 6 Jan., 1899,
further issue : —
IL JAMES HERBERT GUSTAVUS MEREDYTH, present peer.
III. Hon. Marcus Edward Francis Meredyth Somerville, 6. 10 Oct.,
1867, d. 17 Sept., 1871.
IL Hon. Mary Anne Blanche Somerville.
III. Hon. Georgina Alice Lizzie Somerville, m. 30 April, 1888, Charles
Gore Loftus Tottenham, of Tudenham Park, Co. Westmeath,
and Glenfame Hall, Co. Leitrim, J.P., High Sheriff Co. Leitrim,
1898, eldest son of Capt. Arthur Loftus Tottenham, of Glenf arne,
M.P. Co. Leitrim and Winchester, by Sarah Anne, dau. of
George Addenbrooke Gore, of Barrowmount, Co. Kilkenny,
Issue : —
1. Harold William Loftus Tottenham, b. 26 Feb., 1889.
2. Desmond Frank Charles Loftus Tottenham, b. 16 Dec,
1896.
1. Dorothy Loftus Tottenham.
2. Aileen Loftus Tottenham.
3. Angela Frances Diana Loftus Tottenham.
IV. Hon. Edith Sophia Somerville, d. 27 April, 1867.
V. Hon. Cecilia Louisa Somerville.
VI. Hon. Florence Emily Frances Somerville, m. 9 April, 1901.
William Wooding Starmer, A.R.A.M., and has a son : —
Lionel Meredith Starmer, 6. 6 March, 1902.
VII. Hon. Catherine Mary Fanny Somerville, d. 12 Sept., 1873.
The son : —
JAMES HERBERT GUSTAVUS MEREDYTH SOMERVILLE,
2nd LORD ATHLUMNEY AND MEREDYTH, and 6th Bart., Lieut.
1st Batt. Coldstream Guards 1886-97, Capt. Kent Artillery Militia from
1897, was b. 23 March, 1865. He is the present representative of Mary
French, wife of John Warburton, M.P., and elder dau. of Mathew
French, of Belturbet, High Sheriff Co. Cavan, 1677.
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CHAPTER VI.
TiSDALL OF BaWN.
And Families of Voules, Marlay and Manners, Duke of Rutland.
The younger dau. of Mathew French, of Belturbet, the elder (p. 2),
was : —
ELINOR FRENCH, m. at St. Michael's, Dub., 20 Feb., 1682-3, James
Tisdall,* of Bawn, Co. Louth, M.P. for Ardee, 1692-93, 1695-99, 1703-13,
and 1713-14, J.P. Co. Louth, 14 April, 1686, High Sherifi Co. Louth,
1700, Portreive of Ardee, 1697 and 1698, second son of Michael Tisdall,
of Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan, by Anne Singleton, his wife. James
Tisdall, who purchased Bawn, 16 July, 1690, had received in 1679,
confirmation of his arms from Richard St. George, Ulster, which also
covered his brother Michael Tisdall, of Mount Tisdall, ancestor of the
Tisdalls of Charlesfort, Co. Meath. James Tisdall d. 2 May, 1714,
in his 66th year, and an inscription to his memory is in Manfieldstown
Church, adjoining Bawn demesne. His will, codicil dated 30 April,
1714, was not proved till 23 Feb., 1748. He had, (with another son,
Michael, who d. 9 Jan., 1702-3, inscription in Manfieldstown Church
and a dau. Catherine, bapt. 1 July, 1691,f must have d. young), issue : —
I. JAMES, his heir.
II. Richard Tisdall, d. unm.X
I. Ann Tisdall.
II. Mary Tisdall, of Dublin, d. unm. will dated 1 Jan., 1771, proved
28 March, 1775.
The elder surviving son : —
JAMES TISDALL, of Bawn, M.P. for Dundalk 1715-27, High
Sheriff, Co. Louth, 1717, J.P. Co. Louth, 4 Feb., 1714-5, m. settlements §
dated 14 and 15 June, 1716, Elizabeth, dau. of Capt. Thomas Nugent,
of Clonlost, Co. Westmeath, by Alice, dau. of Capt. Thomas Smyth,
of Drumcree, Co. Westmeath. In 1741 he wished to enter Parliament
again ; " We hear that Henry Bellingham and James Tisdall, Esqrs.
have declared themselves Candidates for Kt. of the Shire for the County
* Chancery Bill. 28 March, 1739, Tisdall v. Nixon, Fanning, French, etc.
t Ulster Office, Will Collections, information from Major W. W. Webb.
X Chancery Bill, Tisdall v. Nixon, ante.
§ Chancery Bill, Tisdall v. Nixon, ante.
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of Lowth in the Room of Faithful Fortescue, Esq. deceased " (rue's
Occurrences, 28 March, 1741). Bellingham was eventually elected.
On March 28, 1739, James Tisdall, and his son, James, filed a bill in
the Court of Chancery against the Rev. Andrew NLxon and Mary Anne,
otherwise French, his wife, the Rev. Edward Fanning and Joanna,
otherwise French, his wife, Richard French of Ballyhubback, Co.
Wicklow. the Rev. Thomas Smith, Richard Tisdall and William
Tisdall. This bill sets forth the marriage articles of James the elder's
parents, James Tisdall and Elinor French, in 1682, and states that
Elinor's portion was £800, and that her brothers Richard and Mathew
were parties to the settlement. Richard French was in 1739 represented
by his grandson Richard, and Mathew by his granddaughters Mrs.
Nixon and Mrs. Fanning. James Tisdall d. 10 Oct., 1757, aged 63,
(inscription in Manfieldstowu Church), having had issue : — *
I. JAMES, his heir.
II. William Tisdall.
I. Mary Tisdall, m. — Workman, and had issue : —
1. Jeremiah Workman, legatee of his great aunt, Mary Nugent,
Mary
JAMES TISDALL, of Bawn, High Sherifi Co. Tyrone, 1754, J.P.
Co. Louth, 11 May, 1759, Barrister-at-law, Trinity Term, 1745, m.
1747, Rose, only dau. and heiress of Oliver MacCausland, of Mountfield,
Strabane, by Rachel, dau. of James Hamilton, of Hamilton's Grove,
Co. Antrim. She d. before 13 Dec, 1755, on which date her widower
and her two children, James and Rachel, minors, presented a petition
to the Irish House of Commons praying " that the heads of a bill may
be brought in, for the sale of the Manor of Mountfield in the county of
Tyrone, in order to discharge debts and incmnbrances." Leave to bring
in the heads of the bill was granted three days later. James Tisdall
had issue : —
I. JAMES, his heir.
I. Rachel Tisdall, w. Ist, in Feb., 1765, Edward Bond, of Bondville
and Tyra, Co. Armagh, whose will, dated 5 Nov., 1768, was
proved 13 Jan., 1769, and had a son : —
George Bond, Cornet 6th Dragoon Guards Feb., 1793, Lieut.
4th Dragoon Guards 31 May, 1796, a legatee of his uncle
James Tisdall in 1797.
* Major Webb, in his Tisdall pedigree observes that there is a statement in
Ulster's Offio«, to the eSect that there were three other sons. Thomas, Richard,
and Philip.
9 Feb., 1757.
1. Elizabeth Workman, 1
2. MsLvy Workman, j
legatees of their aunt
Tisdall, 1 Jan., 1771.
The elder son : —
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She m. 2nd, the Very Rev. Robert Gorges, D.D. Dean of
Kihnacduagh, 3rd son of Richard Gorges, of Kilbrew, Co.
Meath, M.P. for Augher, 1739, and Enniskillen 1761, elder
son of Lieut. -General Richard Gorges, of Kilbrew, by the
Hon. Nichola Sophia Hamilton,* younger dau. and co-heiress
of Hugh, 1st Lord Glenawly, and widow of Sir Tristram
Beresford, Bart. Dean Gorges d. lea^'ing an only dau. to whom
admon. was granted 9 March, 1804.1 the widow Rachel having
renounced. Mrs. Gorges d. 6 March, 1827. The only dau :—
Elizabeth Gorges, m. John Blennerhassett, of Mount Street,
Dublin, Sol, second son of the Rev. John Blenner-
hassett, Rector of Tralee, Co. Kerry, by Louisa, dau. of
Capt. Thomas Goddard, by Mary, sister of Thomas, 1st
Lord Ventry. They had two daus. : —
(1). Rachel Blennerhassett, m. Lieut.-General Thomas
Gordon Higgins, who d. 1871.
(2). Frances Blennerhassett, m. 18 March, 1837, the
Rev. Francis Plimley Voules, B.A. Wadh. Coll.,
Oxford, Rector of Middle Chinnock, Somerset,
and d. 21 Nov., 1845, having had three sons and
two daus., viz. : —
i. Sir Gordon Blennerhassett Voules, Knt. (1906)»
late of The Admiralty, h. 8 Sept., 1839'
m. 12 July, 1866, Frances Cotton, dau. of
James Minchin, and has issue : —
1. Francis Minchin Voules, h. 9 May, 1867,
m. 28 March, 1894, Isabel Janet, 2nd dau.
of Arthur Herbert Kennedy, and has a
dau. : —
Kathleen Agnes Frances Voules.
2. Arthur Blennerhassett Voules, h. 15 Sept.,
1870, m. 10 April, 1906, Mary Alice
Stewart Campbell.
1. Cherry Marion Voules, m. 24 July, 1897,
Edgar Morris Baker, Civil Servt. Straits
Settlements, son of General Baker, of
Ootacamund, India, and has a dau. : —
Felice Frances Baker.
2. Margaret Rose Frances Voules, m. 28 Oct.,
1901, Arthur Benison Hubback, Govt.
♦ The victim of the famous Beresford ghost incident, see Lord Belmore's History
of Ttco Ulster Manors. Appendix N.
t Information from Mr. Raymond Gorges.
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Arcliitect, Straits Settlements, eldest son
of Joseph Hubback, J.P., of Liverpool,
and has a son : —
Arthur Gordon Voules Hubback,
6. Sept., 1902.
3. Evelyn Dorothy Felicia Voules.
ii. Frank Herbert Voules, R.N.R., h. 27 Dec, 1841,
m. 16 May, 1881, Caroline, dau. of Richard
Hayward, of West Chinnock, Somerset, and
has a dau. : —
Winifred Voules.
iii. Sterling Cookesley Voules, (Rev.) M.A. Lincohi
Coll., Oxford, Rector of Heysham, Lancashire,
h. 4 Jan., 1843, m. 1st, 6 Aug., 1874, Isabella
Sophia, dau. of Francis Hookey Bond, of
Marlborough, Wilts, and by her, who d. 15
May, 1881, had a dau. :—
Ethel Victoria Voules.
He m. 2nd, 16 Dec, 1885, Emily Mary, dau.
of the Rev. Charles Smith Royds, Rector of
Haughton, Stafiordshire.
i. Ehza Maria Voules, d. 1896.
ii. Frances Ehzabeth Voules. m. 23 June, 1885,
William Mardon Beaumont, of Bath, Somerset-
shire, son of Edward Beaumont, and grandson
01 Thomas Beaumont, of Brinsop Court,
Radnorshire.
The son of James Tisdall, and Rose MacCausland :—
JAMES TISDALL, of Bawn, High Sherifi Co. Louth, 1788 m. 1787,
Catherine Maria, only child of Thomas Townley Dawson, o Kmseale>^
Co. Dublin, and d. mi (will dated 18 Oct., proved 14 D-O^-^-S^J
her. who m. 2nd, 4 June. 1798, Charles William, 1st Earl of Charleville.
two children : —
I. James Thomas Townley Tisdall, of Bawn, High Sherifi Co.Louth,
1824, d. unm. 15 Dec, 1851, aged 58.
I. CATHERINE LOUISA AUGUSTA.
The dau. : —
CATHERINE LOUISA AUGUSTA TISDALL, m. 7 April, 1828,
Lieut-Colonel George Marlay, C.B., Uth Foot, only son of Major
George Marlay, by Lady Catherine Butler, dau. «f Brmsley 2nd M
of LaneBborough, by Lady Jane EooUort. dau. o£ Robert. Irt Earl of
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Belvedere. Colonel Marlay d. 8 June, 1830, having had issue, three
children : —
I. James Marlay, d. 1843.
II. CHARLES BRINSLEY, of whom presently.
I. Catherine Louisa Georgiana Marlay, m. 10 June, 1851, John
James Robert, 7th Duke of Rutland, K.G., second son of
John Henry, 5th Duke of Rutland, K.6., by Lady Elizabeth
Howard, dau. of Frederick, 5th Earl of Carlisle, K.G. She d. 7
April, 1854, lea%dng by her husband, then Lord John Manners,
who d. 4 Aug., 1906, an only son : —
Henry John Brinsley, 8th Duke of Rutland, and 16th Earl,
Lord Lieut, and Custos Rotulorum of Leicestershire,
formerly M.P. for Leicestershire 1888-95, called to the
House of Lords in his father's Hfe time by writ in the
barony of Manners of Haddon, June, 1896, h. 16 April,
1852, m. 25 Nov., 1882, Marion Margaret Violet, 2nd dau.
of Colonel the Hon. Charles Hugh Lindsay, C.B., Groom
in Waiting to Queen Victoria, son of James, 24th Earl of
Crawford, and 7th Earl of Balcarres. Issue : —
(1.) Robert Charles John Manners, Lord Haddon, 6.
8 Aug., 1885, d. 28 Sept., 1894.
(2.) John Henry Montague Manners, Marquis of Granbyj
6. 21 Sept., 1886.
(1.) Lady Victoria Marjorie Harriet Manners.
(2.) Lady Violet Katherine Manners.
(3). Lady Diana Olivia Winifred Maud Manners.
The younger son : —
CHARLES BRINSLEY MARLAY, of Belvedere House, MuUingar,
Co. Westmeath, and Bawn, near Castlebellingham, Co. Louth, M.A.,
Trinity College, Cambridge, J.P., D.L., High Sheriff Co. Westmeath
1853 and 1906, Co. Louth 1863, and Co. Cavau, 1885, was h. 1831, and
succeeded to the settled estates of his ancestor Robert Rochfort, 1st
Earl of Belvedere. He is the present representative of Elinor French,
wife of James Tisdall, M.P., and younger dau. of Mathew French, of
Belturbet, High Sherifi Co. Cavan, 1677.
r
Arms of NIXON, on record in Ulster '.s Office.
Sable, five bezants, two, two, and one, on a chief engrailed argent, a battleaxe
in fesse of the field. Crest — A game cock jjpr. charged on the breast
with a bezant.
To face p 43.
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PART 11.
THE FAMILY OF NIXON.
CHAPTER I.
Early Nixons.
Several Fermanagh families are said by tradition to have come from
the borders of England and Scotland, and among them the Armstrongs,
Croziers, and Nixons.* Families of these names had long inhabited the
border districts, and had lived a wild, unsettled life, full of rapine and
war. Sir Herbert Maxwell has given the reason of this, when he says,
dealing with the years 1527-28 : — " Among the most distressing results
of two centuries of almost incessant war with England, was the condition
of the Border clans. Their means of honest living had vanished under
the perennial visitations of fire and sword : when their flocks and
herds were driven ofi, they must either recoup themselves by ' lifting '
from somebody else, or starve. Thus it came to pass that, as often
as foreign relations permitted attention to be given to domestic affairs,
these Armstrongs and Elliots, Irvings, and Olivers, Nicksons and
Dicksons, the very best and hardiest Hght horsemen of Western Europe,
came under punishment, whereof the mode, unfortunately, was
indistinguishable from the original crime. Burn their houses and crops,
drive ofE their cattle and horses, take away their means of living, and
then cut them down or hang them up by scores ! " t
During the insurrection of 1527, among those in arms in the district
of Redesdale were three " Nexsons," according to the confession of
Humphrey Lysle.| A little later, on March 6, 1543-4, Sir Ralph Eure
wrote from Chipchase to the Duke of Suffolk a letter preserved among
Lord Salisbury's manuscripts, and reports " that the Armstrongs
and Nixons of Liddesdale lately made a raid into Tyndale, and took
away certain cattle belonging to one Percy Robson ; and also that
yesterday one Edmond Nixon and certain of Hector Armstrong's
servants came into Tyndale and slew as proper a man as is within all
Tyndale, callide Bartyr Yowng, upon no caws but only that the said
Bartyr Yownge's friends were my gydes when I borned Mangerton."§
Shortly afterwards these turbulent horsemen were won over to the side
of England, for in 1547, in Liddesdale and the debateable land, no fewer
* Burke's Family Records, 1897, p. 195, article " Crozier of Gortra."
t History of the House of Douglas, 1902, Vol. II., p. 88.
X History of the House of Percy, by Gerald Brcnan, 1902, Vol. I., p. 193.
§ Calendar of M8S. at Hatfield, Historical MSS. Commission, Part I., p. 24.
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than 106 Elliotts and Nixons gave pledges to Lord Wharton that they
would serve the King of England.*
From these sturdy warriors the tradition is that the Nixons of
Fermanagh are descended. The earliest account of the settlement
in Ireland seems to be that which we find in the manuscript history of
Fermanagh (quoted below, p. 46), written in 1718-19, which states
that they had been in the county since the reign of James I., when
they probably were some of the tenants introduced by the under-
takers for the plantation of Ulster. Among the depositions of
survivors of the massacres of 1641 is one of " Rickard Bowrk, of
Enniskillen, in the Countie of Fermanagh, Bachelor in Divinity, minisf
of God's word " who, on 12 July, 1643, swore that during the rebelUon
one Hugh Nickson, a protestant, and his wife, had been murdered
at Kinally by some of the children of Phelim O'Cassidy, and others,
the said Phelim having then the goods of the said Nickson put into
his hands in trust.f
Andrew Nixon, Lieutenant in Colonel Henry Flower's Regt., took
part in the military operations in Ireland during the Commonwealth.
On 30 June, 1657, Derby Morrin, of Brynstown, Co. Meath, filed a
bill in the Court of Chancery, against Dr. (afterwards Sir William) Petty,
Col. Flower, Morgan, Nixon, etc. He states that he married Alson,
dau. of Sir John Draycot, late of Margvorton, Co. Meath, and obtained
much property. " Shortly after the death of the said Sir John Draycot
the late horrid Rebellion broke forth in the land, by reason whereof
the premises became waste and unprofitable or were possessed by the
rebells until they were recovered by the forces of the Commonwealth,
and afterwards seized into His Highness the Lord Protector's hands,
and disposed of by his said Highness and the Commonwealth to Doctor
William Petty, of the Citty of Dublin, Esqr., Collonell Henry fflower,
Major Anthony Morgan, Lieut. Andrew Nixon, Nathaniell Hownisley,
— Woodward and others whose names your said suppUant cannot
discover."
There were several intermarriages between the Nixon and Hassard
families in Fermanagh in the 17th century. Jason Hassard of Mully-
mesker. High Sheriff Co. Fermanagh, 1676, in his will, dated 21 Oct.,
1690, proved 25 April, 1692, mentions his nephew Robert Nixon, his
sister Margaret Nixon, | otherwise Hassard, and Rebecca Hassard,
otherwise Nixon. Margaret had married Archibald Nixon, of Rossory,
Co. Fermanagh, who had d. intestate, admon. granted 20 Aug., 1673,
to Margaret Nixon, als. Hassard, the widow, James Auchinleck, and
* Scott's Border Antiquities, see Genealogical Magazine, Vol. III., p. 99.
t Cromwellian depositions, Library of Trinity College, Dublin.
1 Mrs. Nixon was also sister of William Hassard, who had two sons, Capt. Jason
Hassard, of Skea, High Sheriff, Co. Fermanagh 1695, and the Rev. Robert Hassard,
who entered TrinityCollege, Dublin, 6 July, 1671, aged about 17, Scholar 1673,
no record of degree, inducted Rector and Vicar of Killeshandra, Co. Cavau, 20 Dec,
167S. His successor inducted 20 Julv, 1682.
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Samuel Thomson. Admon. of the estate of Thomas Nixon, of Rossory,
was granted 20 Dec, 1679, to Janet Nixon, otherwise Armstrong.
Another Archibald Nixon, of Co. Cavan, also d. intestate, admon.
granted to Henry Gwyllym, the principal creditor, 11 Feb., 1702-3.
Adam Nixon was a soldier in Lord Castlestuart's Regt., 29 Oct.,
1648.*
On 31 Oct., 1685, Ferdinando Davies, of Lisgoole, Co. Fermanagh, filed
a bill in the Court of Chancery against Jason Hassard and Isabell Nixon.
The plaintiff stated " that Isabell Nixon, widdow, was tenant of ye lands
of Culkey, Mullanollough, Lackagh, Anagh, Grangemore, Grangebegg,
and Clonbonagh in ye said county by virtue of a lease from the Earl and
Countess of Huntingdon to one Adam Nixon, dated 11 March, 1661,
for 21 years." Isabell Nixon, in her answer, dated 21 April, 1686,
says that her late husband, Adam Nixon, " dyed in or about the tenth
day of November, 1669," and that administration was granted in the
Const. Court of Clogher 25 Nov., 1669. She was his administratrix
and entered into his estates. She mentions George Nixon. Adam
probably died later than the 10th, for he was buried at Enniskillen,
18 Nov., 1669. According to the pedigree in Burke's Landed Gentry,
1863, Adam Nixon was father of George, who was the undoubted
ancestor of the families we now proceed to trace.
* Report of Historical 3ISS. Comm. on the Marquis of Ormonde's MSS., Vol. II.
p. 83. 1899.
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CHAPTEK II.
Main Stem.
A manuscript history of Fermanagh, known as the Betham-Phillips
MS., and written as early as 1718-19, is preserved at Thirlestaine House,
Cheltenham, having been acquired by the late Sir Thomas Philhps from
the library of Sir Winiam Betham, Ulster King of Arms. It is entitled
" History of the Co. Fermanagh, with the antient families of y® same,
written 1718-19. An alphabetical Table of y*^ most Remarkable Brittish
families in y® County of Fermanagh, proceeding according to y® first
letter of each sirname, wherein by y^ pages annexed to their names y"
description may be found m y^ book at y^ same page." The author
states that he attended at the Assizes to gather particulars from the
heads of the various families. His account of the Nixons, as they were
nearly two hundred years ago, is as follows : —
" The family of Nixon are of Antiquity in ye County of fiermanagh
since ye reigne of King James ye first of England, and ye sons of Mr.
George Nixon is ye most remarkable of ye said family, being blesst
wth 6 sons, one of them called Adam Nixon, Esqr.* a man of learning
and sound judgm* — he was ChancelF in ye Diocese of Cloagher and
justice of peace in this county dyed ano Xri, 1716. The next in calling
and credit is Quartermaster Thomas Nixon a forward man of considerable
estimation in ye commonwealth and free-houlder in ye Barony of
Mageristafianagh. There is another son called Mr. Andrew Nixon,
Cleark, another son called Mr. James Nixon, Gent., Attorney in his
Majesty's Court of K.'s Bench in Dublin."
The above : —
GEORGE NIXON, of Granshagh (Grangemore ?), Co. Fermanagh,
was living in the county in 1662, the date of birth of his son Adam,
(Matriculation Entry, T.C.D.). His will, dated 5 Jan., 1702, was proved
in the diocesan Court of Clogher, 25 Feb., 1702, witnesses William Nixon,
Alexander Lang, Charles Nixon, and "William Nixon. He says he is
" sick and weake of Body," and desires to be buried in Rossory Church.
He leaves his cattle, sheep, horses, mares, and all other goods and
substance and freehould lands and tenements to be disposed of as his
sons, the Reverend Adam Nixon and Thomas Nixon should think fit.
They, with Mr. Patrick Enery, (see p. 128), and D. FuUedy, junior, were
* Adam was in Holy Orders.
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to be executors. He had, with at lea3t one other son, five sons and two
daus. : —
I. JOHN NIXON, of Granshagh, ancestor of the Nixons of Mullagh-
duff, see Chapter III., pp. 48-50.
n. ADAM NIXON (Rev.), M.A. Chancellor of Clogher, ancestor of
the Eccles Nixon branch, see Chapter IV., pp. 51-65.
III. THOMAS NIXON, of Kingstown, Co. Fermanagh, ancestor of
the Nixons of Nixon Hall and Nixon Lodge, and the Swanzy
and Enery families, see Chapters V., VI. and VII., pp. 66-137.
IV. ANDREW NIXON, (Rev.) M.A., Prebendary of Errew, probably
father of Andrew Nixon, of Cavan, ancestor of the Brinsley
Nixon branch, see Chapter VIII., pp. 138-150.
V. James Nixon, Attorney at law. Court of King's Bench, Dublin,
admitted City Attorney 4 July, 1711, (Corporation Records),
6. about 1673, d. 27 April, 1752, aged 79 {Faulkner's Newsletter),
will dated 21 April, 1752.
I. ANNE NIXON, m. Thomas Higinbotham, of TuUymaglowny,
Co. Cavan, and had issue, for whom see Chapter IX., p. 151.
II. Margaret Nixon, m. — Carr, and had issue, who were legatees,
but not by name, of their uncle, James Nixon.
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CHAPTEE III.
Nixon of Mullaghduff.
The eldest son of George Nixon, of Granshagh : —
JOHN NIXON, of Granshagli, m. Margaret, dau. of (she was
buried at Ennisldllen, 14 Dec, 1706) and was buried there 11 March,
1707-8, (will dated 6 March, 1707-8, proved in the diocese of Clogher
8 April, 1708, desires to be buried in Enniskillen Churchyard, overseers
his brothers Adam Nixon, Clerk, and Quar'^. M^. Thomas Nixon, of
Rollinkilroy). He had issue : —
I. Adam Nixon, of Granshagh, bapt. at Enniskillen 17 March, 1692
was to have the two Granshaghs under his father's will, but
might prove to be " stubborn." This probably occurred,
for he went to Dublin, became a " joyner," and d. aged about
25, will dated 1 June, 1716, proved in the diocese of Kilmore
1 April, 1717, leaving no lawful issue.
II. James Nixon, bapt. 29 June, 1694, probably d. young.
III. George Nixon, bapt. 16 Nov., 1696, living 1708.
IV. WILLIAM, of whom presently.
I. Grisell Nixon, bapt., 18 April, 1685.
II. Isabel Nixon, bapt. 10 June, 1695, living 1752, when she was a
legatee of her uncle James Nixon.
III. Elizabeth Nixon, bapt. 1 Dec, 1697.
IV. Jane Nixon, living 1752.
V. Anne Nixon, living 1752.
The youngest son was : —
WILLIAM NIXON, of Mullaghduff, Newtownbutler, Co. Fermanagh,
a legatee of his father in 1708, and of his uncle, James Nixon in 1752.
Early in life he and Jason Hassard, a member of an allied family (see
note) went from Fermanagh to Dublin and embarked in business there.
They married into the same family.* William Nixon m. at St.
* Peter Ward, of Dublin, merchant, made his will 30 May, 1722. It was proved
same year. He had one son and two daus., viz., I. Charles Ward. I. Ruth Ward,
m. Nathaniel Rothery, and had — 1 . William Rothery. 2. John Rothery, d. unm,
1. Ruth Rothery, m. Thomas Scott ; 2. Mary Rothery, m. Samuel Powell ; 3.
Elizabeth Rothery, m. John Orpin ; 4. Anne Rothery, m. 1733, WiUiam Nixon.
II. Sarah Ward, m. Enoch Mason, of Dublin, and had : — 1. Thomas Mason ;
2. Enoch Mason; 3. Joseph Mason, 6. after 1722; 1. Sarah Mason, m. William
McKenzie, and d. before 1735 ; 2. Mary Mason, m. 1st, settlements, 10 March, 1731,
Jason Hassard, of Mount Hassard, Co. Fermanagh, and of Dublin, elder son of
Capt. Robert Hassard of Mount Hassard, High Sheriff, Co. Fermanagh, 1719.
He d. 3 June, 1745, and she m. 2nd Pegwell Burrowes, and 3rd Watson ;
3. Ruth Mason ; 4. Charlotte Mason ; 5. Anna Mason, (Chancery Bill, 27 Aug.,
1735, Rothery v. Mason and others). The Wards were a mercantile family in
Dublin.
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Werburgh's, Dublin, 16 March, 1733, Anne, youngest dau. of
Nathaniel Rothery, of Dublin, by Ruth, elder dau, of Peter Ward, of
Dublin. Eventually he returned to MuUaghdufE, and d. at an advanced
age, will dated 3 July, 1783, proved 20 Dec, 1788, appointing as his
executors Colonel (afterwards Major-General Sir) Eccles Nixon,
Alexander Nixon, of Nixon Hall, and Humphrey Nixon, of Nixon
Lodge. He had issue : —
I. WILLIAM, his heir.
I. Frances Nixon, m. 31 July, 1773* Capt. James Nixon, 25th
Regt. (Lieut. 23 Nov., 1768) of Loughmuck, Co. Tyrone, and
by him who d. before 3 July, 1783, (admon. bond 8 July, 1783)
had issue : —
1. George Nixon.
2. James Nixon.
1. Mary Nixon.
2. Anne Nixon.
II. Martha Nixon, m. 1774, Henry Bulteel.
III. Anne Nixon, m, — Pierce.
IV. Isabella Nixon, m. Hamilton.
The son : —
WILLIAM NIXON, of Mullaghdufi m. Feb., 1792, Jane Monaghan,
and d. 1806, codicil to will dated 23 May, provec* 19 July, leaving issue
I. JANE, of whom immediately.
II. Anne Nixon.
The elder dau. : —
JANE NIXON, m. at Monaghan, 20 Dec, 1812, George Marshall
Knipe, of Erne Hill, Belturbet, Co. Cavan, J.P., High Sheriff Co.
Cavan, 1831, Capt. Belturbet Infantry, 17 May, 1816, and by him,
who d. 22 Feb., 1859, had issue :— f
I. George Marshall Knipe, Major 89th Regt. and Adj. Carlow
Rifles, bapt. at Belturbet, 12 Sept., 1819, m. 1847 Jessie Maria,
dau. of Simon Howard, of Carlisle, and d. 3 Jan., 1876.
II. WiUiam Nixon Knipe, bapt. 22 Aug., 1820, buried 13 Sept.,
1820.
III. William Sneyd Knipe, buried 6 May, 1835, aged 10.
IV. Robert Henry Knipe, bapt. 17 Dec, 1827.
V. Samuel Nixon Knipe, Solicitor, m. 7 Nov., 1853, Hannah Maria,
widow of Edward O'Rourke, of Belfast, and d. at Belturbet,
21 Feb., 1878.
* London Magazine.
t This aocoimt of the family of G. M. Knipe is very incomplete, as it ha« be«n
found impossible to trace the living descendante, if any.
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VI. Francis Melvill White Knipe, bapt., 20 Aug., 1832.
VII. Elliott Augustus Knipe (Rev.) Vicar of Laister Dyke, Yorkshire,
B.A., T.C.D., 1859, also bapt. 20 Aug., 1832, w. 9 Nov., 1871,
Marianne, dau. of Colonel Charles Pratt, 11th Regt. (by
Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Abraham Bradley King, Bart.), son of
General John Pratt, Royal Irish Artillery, * by Elizabeth
Preston, dau. of General Charles Vallancey, R.E. Mr. Knipe
d. 1 Sept., 1878, and his widow d. 16 Sept., 1889.
VIII. Thomas Frederick Knipe, of Belturbet, J.P., Co. Cavan, bapt.,
10 Jan., 1836.
IX. John Copeland Knipe, Surgeon Major Army Medical Staff, m.
8 Oct., 1867, Catherine, eldest dau. of Capt. Hunter Hailes,
10th Bengal Cavalry.
I. Jane Knipe, m. at St. George's, Dublin, 17 July, 1834, Francis
Blake Knox, late 5th Dragoon Guards.
II. Catherine Knipe, d. July, 1830, in her 16th year.
III. Elizabeth Augusta Knipe, m. 1st, 1837, William Henry Moore,
and 2nd, 10 May, 1864, James Smyth-King, Barrister-at-law,
son of Hulton Smyth-King, of Borris Castle, Queen's Co.,
brother of Sir Abraham Bradley King, Bart., of Corrard,
Co. Fermanagh, She d. 29 Sept., 1877. Her husband d.
23 Aug., 1867.
IV. Eleanor Knipe, d. 24 June, 1885.
V. Rosamond Knipe, buried 26 Dec, 1834.
VI. Isabella Olivia Knipe, m. Theophilus Thompson, J.P., of Ford
Lodge, Co. Cavan.
* General Pratt was son of Eobert Pratt, of CastlemartjT, Co. Cork, who was
son of James Pratt, of Carricknashinny, Co. Cork, by Alice, daughter of Simon
Green, of Youghal, same Co Bailiff of Yoiighal, 1696 ; see also p. 111.
MAJOE GENERAL SIR ECCLES NIXON.
Iroin (t M'uiidturc in posscn^hiii uj Mixs Liicij VrkfiUvij, BtibUn
MAJOR JOHN NIXON, 17th Regt.
(>Soii (if Sir Ecclefi Kixoii).
From a Mhual'irc in iiviscssion of Miss Lacij I'ricsUci/, JJnhli/i.
Tu face page 51.
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CHAPTER IV.
The Eccles Nixon Branch.
The second son of George Nixon, of Granshagh, (p. 46), was : —
THE REV. ADAM NIXON, M.A., of Drumcrow, Co. Fermanagh,
J.P., Vicar-General of Clogher,* and Chancellor of the dioce8e,t Rector
of Aghalurcher, diocese of Clogher, 15 Sept., 1690, b. 1662, educated
by Thomas Dunbar,! entered Trinity College, Dublin 5 July, 1679,
aged 17, Scholar 1682, B.A., 1683, M.A., 1686, ordained priest in St.
Patrick's Cathedral, DubUn, on Sunday, 20 Feb., 1686, by Francis
Marsh, Archbishop of Dublin, licenced as Curate of Clonturk, otherwise
Drumcondragh, 25 June, 1687, on presentation of John Coghill, licenced
as Curate of St. Werburgh's, Dublin, 15 Sept., 1688, on nomination of
William King, afterwards Archbi8hop.§ The author of the manuscript
history of Fermanagh (see p. 46), describes him as " a man of learning
and sound judgment — he was Chancellor in ye Diocese of Cloagher and
justice of ye peace in this county." His name appears with a list of
others appointed to the office of J.P., Co. Fermanagh, dated 7 Dec,
1714 (warrants in Public Record Office). He bought the interest in the
lands of Drumcrow ("all the quarter of lands of Lislost, called Lislosht,
Slushill, Drumcrow and Edenscochan ") from Patrick Dunkin. of
Cashellstown, Co. Louth, Gent., by deeds, dated 8 and 9 Feb., 1709,l|
but he had been livmg at Drumcrow before this, as his son Eccles was
b. there in 1696, ( matriculation entries. Trinity College). The Rev,
Adam Nixon m. bef(»re 1696 Mary,^ eldest dau. of Daniel Eccles, of
Shannock, Co. Fermanagh, High SherifE of that Co., 1675, (by Sarah,
* Signature as such to marriage licence bond, diocese of Clogher, 30 Dec, 1713
between Robert Somervell and Alice Hassard.
t Betham-Phillips MS., and Chancery Bill, 17 July, 1708, Gilbert Eccles v
Joseph Eccles, Adam Nixon, and others.
J Mr. Dunbar also educated the Rev. Robert Hassard, see note, p. 44.
§ Information from the late Rev. W. Reynell, B.D. Hughes' History of St.
Werbitrgh''s, p. 76, says that Adam Nixon became Archdeacon of Clogher in 1706,
probably an error for Chancellor. There is a tradition that a member of the family
was private chaplain to William III., No proof seems to be forthcoming of this, but
Adam Nixon appears to have been officiating in Co. Louth just after the battle of
the Boyne. The diary of Colonel Thomas Bellingham, of Castlebellingham, for
the year 1690, belongs to the present Sir Henry Bellingham, and has been pubhshed
in the County Louth Archaeological Journal for July, 1905, pp. 48-60. He describes
the battle on July 1st, and on the 27th he writes " Very hott, Mr. Nixon gave us
a very good sermon." Nixon seems thus to have been in the neighbourhood about the
time of the battle, and may have acted as chaplain to the king.
II Deed. No. 1823, Registry of Deeds, King's Inns, Dublin.
^ Exchequer Bill, 20 Jan., 1703, Michael I^aw and Sarah, otherwise Ecclesjiis wife,
and Ann Eccles v. Gilbert Eccles, Nehem. Donnellan, Joseph Eccles, Adam Nixon,
J»Iary his wife, Hester Eccles and Jane Eccles.
r. 2
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dau. of William Moore, of Tuilyvin, Co. Cavan), son of Gilbert Eccles,
of Shannock, High Sheriff. Co. Fermanagh, 1665 and Co. Tyrone, 1673.*
He d. intestate, administration of his estate granted 8 March, 1716-7,
to Mary Nixon, the widow, Daniel Eccles, of Fintona, and Hugh
Willoughby, of Carrow. The Rev. Thos. Bindon, M.A., was instituted
R.V. Aghalurcher, 10 April, 1717, in the room of Adam Nixon, dec,
on presentation of Trin. Coll., Dublin. {Clogher Institutions, MSS. of
late Rev. W. Reynell). Nixon is omitted from the list of Rectors of
Aghalurcher in the T.C.D. Calendar for 1873, p. 297. By Mary Eccles,
his wife, the Rev. Adam Nixon had at least t three sons ; —
I. ECCLES, of whom immediately.
II. Daniel Nixon, apprenticed to David King, Goldsmith, Dublin,
1715. +
III, James Nixon, of Cummeny, Cappagh, Co. Tyrone, a mmor,
12 July, 1728,§ of age 15 Oct., 1733, when he assigned £220
to Eccles Nixon, Clk., of same.]| James Nixon, of Gammy
(Cummtny '{) Co. Tyrone, had a 2nd dau : —
Anne Nixon, m. settlements 17 Jan., 1760, John Rogers,
of Omagh, son of William Rogers, of Drum, Co.
Tyrone. ^
The eldest son : —
THE REV. ECCLES NIXON, M.A., of Drumcrow, b. there about 1696,
entered Trmity College, Dublin, 17 March, 1713-4, aged 17, Scholar, 1716,
B.A., 1718, M.A., 1721, m. at St. Michan's, Dublin, 25 April, 1719,
Mary Conry, " a papist convert." With Mary his wife he took part in a
renewal fine in the lands of Drumcrow. 19 Jan., 1724. In 1728 he was
living at Laran, Co. Antrim, and was apparently not yet ordained.
He was still alive in 1752, when he was mentioned in the will of his uncle,
James Nixon, as " the Reverend Mr. Eccles Nixon, Clerk, my lafce
brother Adam Nixon's eldest son." An Eccles Nixon was buried at
St, Andrew's, Dublin, 14 Dec, 17b5, but this may have been his grand-
son, Eccles (son of Joseph and Anne) bapt. there 19 June, 1763. The
* Ancestor, through another son, of the family of Eccles, of Ecclesville, Co.
Tyrone.
t There was apparently another son, Gilbert, for Mrs. Adam Nixon's eldest
brother, Gilbert Eccles, of Shannock, High Sheriflf, Co. Fermanagh, 1696 and 1698,
in his will, (codicil dated 9 March, 1718, proved in the diocese of Clogher, 8 April,
1719) mentioned his godson, Gilbert Nixon, to whom he left a " sorrell filly."
X List of apprentices to the Goldsmiths' Company, ed. by H. F. Berry, 1902.
§ Admon. bond late Adam Nixon, of Drumcrow, 12 July, 1728, " We Eccles
Nixon, of Laran, Co. Antrim, Adam Nixon, of Clownish, Co. Monaghan, cler.
(see p. 66), Edward Leonard, etc. The condition of the within Obligation is that
the within mentioned Eccles Nixon, natural and lawful Brother of James Nixon,
minor, and Adam Nixon, kinsman. Guardians or trustees of said minor, Jamea
Nixon, son of the late Rev. .\dam Nixon, of Drumcrow," etc.
II Deed. No. .54503, Registry of Deeds.
^ Deed. No. 139614, Registry of Deeds,
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Rev. Eccles Nixon had at least* three sons (for Sir Eccles Nixon,
in a memorial to the East India Company Directors, stated that his
brother fell in Colonel Baillie's defeat in India in 1780), and also more
than one daughter (for Sir Eccles in a letter dated 1768, quoted later,
mentioned his sisters who had not made good marriages). Two of the
sons were : —
I. JOSEPH, of whom later, p. 61.
II. ECCLES, of whom immediately.
One of the younger sous of the Rev. Eccles Nixon was : —
SIR ECCLES NIXON, Knt. (1799), Major-General Madras Array,
H.E.LC.S. and Colonel of the 1st Madras Native Infantry, who was
b. about 1736-7, for he was 31 at the date of the letter of 1768, quoted,
below. He became Lieut. 35th Regt., 31 June, 1758, reduced 1763.
Capt. H.E.LC.S. 4 July, 1764, Major 21 Feb., 1774, Lieut. -Col., 30 Dec,
1775, Colonel 29 May, 1783, Maior-General 20 Dec, 1793, and received
the honour of knighthood at St. James's Palace, 3 Dec, 1799. He
wrote an interesting account of his experiences in the war with Hyder
Ali of Mysore, 1764-71, which has been printed, from the original
manuscript, by his grandson, the late Major-General John Pigott
Nixon. " After an agreeable passage," he says, " of five months and
12 days and landing at Fort St. George on the Coast of Coromandel
on the 2nd day of July, 1764, I was soon ordered to join the Army then
employed in the siege of Madura. ... On the 22nd day of December,
1768, I march(ed) from Erode at daylight. . . . We were cannonaded
from ten guns well served and levelled. Then charged by two columns
of Infantry led on by fat Generals mounted on elephantf . They were
twice repulsed, but in vain. Fresh troops and fresh charges made
all resistance fruitless. My party of four hundred was cut in pieces,
one Lieutenart killed, two Captains wounded and taken. Of the
* Greorge Lennox Nixon, 4th Native Infantry Vet. Batt., who d. 1822 (will dated
3 May, proved 2 Aug.) left his " friend and relation," Capt. Joseph Nixon, 1st Regt.
N. I. (son of Sir Eccles) as executor and trustee for his only son WilHam, a minor.
This was probably the William Nixon, who settled in America, and whose numerous
letters to the widow of Capt. Greorge Eccles Nixon (p. 62), are still preserved. The
Frteman's Journal announces the marriage, on 6 April, 1847, at Cincinnati, U.S.A.,
of James R. Smith to EUzabeth Adela, dau. of WiUiam Nixon, Esq., formerly of
Gloucester Street, Dublin. It is quite possible that the brother of Sir Eccles
Nixon, who fell in Colonel Baillie's defeat by Hyder Ali, 10 Sept., 1780, was
Capt. James Nixon, 25th Regt., who m. 1773, Frances Nixon, of MuUaduff (see p. 49),
and who d., admon. not granted till 10 July, 1783, leaving four children, George,
James, Mary, and Anne. If this be so, the son George may have been Capt.
George Lennox Nixon, mentioned above, and one of the daughters may have been
wife of Capt. James Macartney, 18th Hussars, whose sons were nephews or great
nephews, of Sir Eccles Nixon, see p. 60. In a letter from George Eccles Nixon,
25th Regt. (p. 62), to his father Joseph Nixon, dated Plymouth Soimd, 2 Aug.,
1795, he mentions his cousin Lennox, in the same Regt., and in a later letter,
" On board the Success Transport, Downs, Aug. 12, 1799," he says : " Lennox is
still in London. I heard from him a day or two ago, in the same situation. My
Uncle Eccles, Colonel Alcock, and their friends have made every intercession for
him ; 'tis not as yet finished. I wish he may be reinstated in his former situation,
but fear it will never take place."
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Europeans thirteen remained, and of the Sopoys, I could get account
of only sixty-nine. Being brought before Hyder he enquired my name
and rank. When he was satisfy'd on this head, and perceiving I grew
weak with loss of blood, having two wounds running plentifully, he
ordered me into a dooly (a country conveyance) where I was placed on
a spade, pickaxe and bill-hook, without any covering from the sun,
was carry'd through the insults of his army, the consequence of that
pride generally felt by pusillanimous victors." He was kept a prisoner
till the peace, in May, 1769. Shortly before his captivity, he wrote as
follows to his brother and sister-in-law (Joseph and Anne Nixon) from
" Trichinopoly, 13 Sep^., 1768. Dear Sister, I shou'd be guilty of a
violence to myself were I to neglect offering my respects to one who
has so large a share of my affections ... 1 wish you all Joy and
Happiness in your liittle Children. God Grant the Girls may marry
with more prudence than my sisters have. The Family of the Nixons,
I find is like to be of some Duration which pleases me greatly, as I
apprehend no hope or expectations of that kind ought to be placed
in me. I am now 31 years and think less of a wife than formerly . . .
in me, therefore, the family might be extinct . . . Our people here are
Involved in a tedious war, old Hyder long life to him is not conquered
yet tho' we have been at him Pell-Mell above 14 months, Beat him
4 times out of the field and taken above 50 Forts. Another battle is on
the Anvil, the English troops within 16 miles of him strongly Incamped
under the walls of Bangalore. I am, my Dr. Joseph with love and
esteem Yrs. Eccles Nixon." On 8 Sept., 1781, Colonel Nixon attacked
and took the Fort at Manargudi, and the Fort at Mahadavypatam
on the 16th, also Nagore in October. {History of the Madras Army).
He commanded the English force in the south in 1782, and gained a
victory over the enemy on the Coleroon near Combaconum on the 1st
July in that year. He also commanded the garrison of Trichinopoly.
Though most of his career was spent in India, he did not cease com-
munication with his relations in Fermanagh, for in 1783 William Nixon,
of MuUaghdufE (see p. 49), appointed as executors to his will, Colonel
Eccles Nixon, Alexander Nixon, of Nixon Hall, and Humphrey Nixon,
of Nixon Lodge. Major-General Sir Eccles Nixon m. before 1775 Anne
Philadelphia, dau. of Dr. Braham, of Suffolk, Lady Nixon d. at
Cheltenham, 24 July, 1803, and Sir Eccles was lost at sea, in the Prince
o1 Wates, 29 May, 1804, (will dated 12 March, 1804, proved 19 Feb.
1806) having had three sons and four daus. : —
I. George Nixon, Capt. 5th Dragoons, h. 18 April, 1776, d. unm.
22 Dec, 1796.
II. JOHN, of whom presently.
III. Joseph Nixon, Lieut.-Colonel Madras Army, 6. 30 Aug., 1785,
m. Annette, dau. of Edward Campbell, and niece of Sir Robert
Campbell, Bart., and d. s. p., on his passage from Rangoon,
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10 April, 1826. Mrs. Nixon m. 2nd, 18 Nov., 1830, William
Henry Chichele Plowden, of Ewhurst Park, Hants., J.P., D.L.,
F.R.S., M.P. for Newport, and by him, who d. 1880, was
mother of Sir William Chichele Plowden, K.C.S.I., M.P.
for Wolverhampton.
I. Anne Nixon, b. 24 April, 1775, m. John Kenworthey, Madras
Civil Service, Second Member of the Board of Trade, ard by
him, who d. at Fort St. George, 24 July, 1812, had at her death,
12 July, 1864, in her 90th year, an only child : —
Anne Kenworthey, rn. 5 Oct., 1814, Major Edward Jonathan
Priestley, K.H., 25th Regt., Deputy Inspector-General
of Constabulary in Ireland, third son of Thomas Priestley,
of Spring Hall, Yorkshire, and by him, who d. 4 Dec,
1858, had at her death, 15 July, 1870, four sods and six
daus. ! —
(1.) Edward Ramsden Priestley, Colonel 42nd High-
landers (The Black Watch), served in the Indian
Mutiny (medal), b. Dec, 1817, m. 6 Sept., 1852,
Arabella Emma, dau. of Capt. Henry Hill, 57th
Regt,, and niece of Sir J. Hill, and d. 25 March, 1868,
having had by her, who d. 16 July, 1894, five daus. : —
i. Edith Priestley, d. Nov., 1855.
ii. Eva Priestley,
iii. Emma Priestley.
iv. Ella Priestley, m. 8 March, 1884, James William
Bond, M.D., and had issue : —
1. Francis Edward Bond, b. 14 June, 1886.
2. William Schuyler Studdert Bond, 6. 19 Oct.,
1888.
3. Alexander Beckett Bond, b. 16 Jan., 1891.
4. Edward Ramsden Priestley Bond, b. 11
May, 1895.
1. Dorothy Bond.
2. Margaret Agatha Edith Bond.
3. Mary Frances Bond.
V. Esther Priestley.
(2.) Frederick John Blakiston Priestley, General Madras
StafE Corps, Supt. Revenue Survey, Madras, b. 29
Aug., 1819, m. 6 April, 1852, Amelia, only dau. of
Capt. John Miller, 25th Regt., J.P., Co. Clare, and
d. 17 Jan., 1894, having had five sons and two
daus. : —
i. Edward John Kenworthey Priestley, Colonel
(brevet) and Lieut. -Colonel Royal Garrison
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Artillery, retired, served in the South African
War, 1899-1902 (Queen's medal with clasp,
King's medal with two clasps), b. 18 May,
1853, m. 7 April, 1888, Clara EUza, dau. of
Gervaise Le Gros, Viscount of the Island of
Jersey, and has issue : —
1. Frederick Gervaise Priestley, h. 15 Sept.,
1890.
1. Mary Louisa Priestley.
2. Muriel Amy Priestley.
ii. Frederick Joseph Blakiston Priestley, Lieut.-
Colonel Indian Army (4th Bengal Cavalry),
retired, b. 18 April, 1858, m. 23 Nov., 1905,
Violet Maud, youngest dau. of William Harvey
0' Grady, J.P., of Karatiroe Estate, Batticaloa,
Ceylon.
iii. Henry Wood Priestley, Major (brevet). Indian
Staff Corps, served in the Manipur Field Force,
India, (medal with clasp), N. E. Frontier,
1891, 6. 28 July, 1860, d. unm. 5 May, 1899.
iV. George William Priestley, Major Indian Army
(2nd in command 99th Deccan Inf.), 6. 26
Dec, 1862.
V. Charles Eccles Nixon Priestley, Major Indian
Army (82nd Punjabis) 6. 24 April, 1867, m.
30 July, 1898, Mary Agnes, dau, of K. Bruce
Foote, Supt. Geological Survey of India,
i. Amy Lucy Priestley.
ii. Caroline Annie Priestley, m. 19 Feb., 1898, Major
James Alban Wilson, Indian Army, 8th
Gurkha Rifles.
(3.) Arthur Gore Priestley, Major Bengal StafE Corps, h.
March,1828, m. Emma, dau. of General Righy, Bengal
StafE Corps, and d. 17 Oct., 1868, having had by
her, who d. 18 July, 1880, issue : —
i. Arthur Righy Priestley, 6. Dec, 1858, w. 31 Oct.,
1905, Beatrice, dau. of R. M'Harg.
i. Florence Caroline Priestley, m. Jan., 1883,
Robert Roland Murray.
ii. Isabel Emma Priestley, m. Oct., 1897, Bart.
Kennedy,
iii. Bertha Clara Priestley.
(4.) Horatio Priestley, Major 32nd Duke of Cornwall's
Light Infantry, served in the Indian Mutiny (medal),
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6. March, 1830, m. 22 May, 1857, Charlotte Clierry,
youngest dau. of F. N. Balmain, of HockclifEe Lodge,
Bedfordshire, and had : —
i. Henry Horace Priestley, d. an infant 1863.
i. Blanche Ethel Priestley, d. 14 March, 1863.
ii. Aimee Charlotte Louisa Priestley.
iii. Ada Balmain Priestley,
iv. Gertrude Helen Priestley.
(1.) Mary Anne Priestley, d. 10 Nov., 1823.
(2.) Georgina Emma Priestley, d. July, 1831.
(3.) Caroline Amelia Priestley, m. 8 Oct., 1861, the Rev.
George Studdert, M.A., Rector of Ardee, Co. Louth,
son of George Studdert, by Letitia, dau. of the
Very Rev. Stewart Blacker, of Carrick- Blacker, Co.
Armagh, Dean of Leighlin. Mrs. Studdert d. 19
March, 1897, and her husband d. 14 April, 1897,
having had one child, who d. young.
(4.) Helen Elizabeth Priestley, d. at sea, Jan., 1827.
(5.) Anne Philadelphia Priestley, d.ll May, 1846.
(6.) Augusta Lucy Priestley.
II. Elizabeth Nixon, h. 17 Dec, 1778, m. 1st, Lieut. -Colonel Burton
Gage Barbut, Deputy- Quarter-Master- General to the Forces in
India, who d. 21 May, 1803, and 2nd, 1 Oct., 1808, W.
Macpherson, 12th Regt.
III. Mary Nixon, 6. 15 Jan., 1780, m. Capt. Thomas Wood, Madras
Engineers, younger brother of Sir Mark Wood, Bart., of
Gatton Park, Surrey, of Admiral Sir James Atholl Wood,
Knt., C.B., and of Major-General Sir George Wood, K.C.B.
Mrs. Wood had, with other children who d. s. p., an only
surviving dau : —
Anne Elizabeth Wood, m. at Berne, 23 Sept., 1829, the Rev.
Horatio Montagu, M.A., son of Montagu Montagu, oi
Little Bookham, Surrey, by Anne Catherine, eldest dau.
of the Hon. Henry Hobart, M.P. for Norwich, 3rd son of
John, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire. She d. at Paris,
23 June, 1830, and her husband m. 2nd, his first wife's
cousin, Frances Mary, elder dau. of Major-General Sir
George Wood, K.C.B., of Ottershaw Park, Surrey, by
whom he had a son, Horace Montagu, Colonel 8th
Hussars, b. 19 April, 1835.
IV. Helen Philadelphia Nixon, b. 16 Dec, 1789, m. 31 Dec, 1807,
Major James Grant, 17th Light Dragoons, H.E.I.C.S., and
d. at Fort William, Bengal, 9 Sept., 1808, in her 19th year.
Major Grant d. at EUichpore, 14 Dec, 1819.
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The second son of Major-General Sir Eccles Nixon : —
JOHN NIXON, Major 17tli Regt., was b. 25 June, 1777, and became
Comet 20th Dragoons 14 Feb., 1800, Lieut. 18 Feb., 1802, Lieut., 12th
Dragoons, 12 June, 1805, Capt. 5th Garrison Battalion, 28 Nov., 1806,
Capt., 6th Regt., 16 April, 1807, Capt. 17th Regt. 30 June, 1812,
brevet Major 12 Aug. 1819, served in Spain and Portugal, and was
A.D.C. to Major-Gen. Sir Miles Nightingall in 1811. He m. in Java,
1815, Eliza Mary Anne, dau. of Capt. Emerson, 72nd Regt., and niece
of the Right Rev. William Bennet, D.D., Bishop of Cloyne. Major Nixon
d. at Madras, and his wife d. 21 Nov., 1878. His portrait faces p. 51.
By his wife, who was a descendant of the Butlers, Earls of Ormond,*
he had three children : —
I. JOHN PIGOTT, of whom presently.
II. Edward Maitland Nixon, Capt. late Bombay Army, d. at the
Cape of Good Hope, 27 Oct., 1900.
I. Helen Flora Nixon,m. 21 July, 1842, Charles George Prendergast,
son of Guy Lenox Prendergast, M.P., (brother of Lieut.-
General Sir JefErey Prendergast, see also p. 120), by Dorothy
Christian, dau. of the Rev. James Stephen Lushington, of
Rodmersham, Kent. He d. 16 Aug., 1851, and his widow d.
7 Dec, 1881, having had two sons and three daus. : —
1. Charles Lewis Prendergast, Major-General Indian Army,
retired. Colonel 28th Punjabis, b. 15 Oct., 1843, m. 1st, 11
June, 1868, Louise Victoria, dau. of John Catania, and
2nd, 25 April, 1887, Adelina Charlotte, . only dau. of
Commissary -General Randolph Routh, C.B., son of Sir
Randolph Isham Routh, K.C.B. Issue : —
(1.) Charles Randolph Prendergast, b. 23 April, 1888.
(2.) Guy Routh Prendergast, b. 25 Aug., 1890.
2. William Miles Prendergast, Major Worcester Regt., b. 28
April, 1845, m. 15 Nov., 1876, Maria Louisa, 3rd dau. of
Colonel Edmund Sissmore, H.E.I.C.S., and has a dau : —
k Marie Antoinette Prendergast.
1. Helen Prendergast.
2. Rosetta May Prendergast,
3. Paulina Georgina Mary Prendergast, d. 2 Aug., 1850.
The elder son of Major John Nixon : —
JOHN PIGOTT NIXON, Major-General Bombay Army, was 6.' 1822,
served through a long career in India, and was with the field force in
Scinde aod Afghanistan 1842-3, and in the Mutiny as political agent
at Bhurtpore, commanded the Bhurtpore Contirgent at the Battle of
* Information from the late Major-General John Pigott Nixon.
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Dawsah in Jeypore under General Showers. He retired on full pay as
Lieut.-CoL, Hon. Major-General 1879. He m. 1st, at the British Embassy,
Brussels, Ellen Sophia, dau. of George Cooper, of Brentford Butts,
Middlesex, by Charlotte, dau. of the Rev. George Nicholas, D.C.L.,
Wadham College, Oxford, of Ealing, Surrey, (she d. 28 Dec., 1861,
leaving three sons), and 2nd, dau. of L. 0. Bean, of Lenaga, South
Africa, and had by her one dau. Major-General Nixon d. 9 June, 1906,
as the result of a carriage accident. He had issue : —
I. EDWARD BAYNES, of whom presently.
II. George Tate St. Aubyn Nixon, m. 16 Feb., 1876, Marie Therese
Amelia, only dau. of Alexander AVilliam Innes, of The
Admiralty, Whitehall, and niece of William Famell- Watson,
J.P., of Hendford, Sussex, and Surbiton, Surrey, and by her,
who d. Dec. 1896, had issue : —
1. Crommelin St. Aubyn Nixon, 6. 5 Dec, 1876.
2. Kenneth St. Aubyn Nixon, 6. 7 Sept., 1880.
3. Alexander Percival St. Aubyn Nixon, 6. 9 Dec, 1886.
1. Kathleen St. Aubyn Nixon.
2. Helen St. Aubyn Nixon.
III. John Eccles Nixon, C.B., Major-General Indian Army, Inspector-
General of Cavalry in India since 1906, &. 16 Aug., 1857, Sub.-
Lieut., 25th K.O.S.B., 10 Sept., 1875, Lieut. Bengal S. C,
2 May, 1878, Capt. Indian Staff Corps 10 Sept., 1886, Major
10 Sept., 1895, Brevet. Lieut.-Col. 22 Jan., 1896, Colonel 12
March, 1899, Assistant Quarter-Master- General in India,
12 March, 1899, Brigadier-General commanding the Bangalore
District, 1 May, 1903, Major-General 12 Jan., 1904, C.B., 26
June, 1902. He served in the Afghan war, 1879-80, Zaimusht
Expedition and capture of Zawa, (mentioned in despatches,
and medal) ; and the Mahsud Waziri Expedition in 1881.
He took part in the Chitral Relief Fo/ce, 1895, as D.-A.-Q.-
M.-G. , Intell. Branch, and was at the storming of the Malakand
Pass and the action near Khar at the descent into the Swat
Valley, (mentioned in despatches, London Gazette, 15 Nov.,
1895, brevet of Lieut.-Col., and medal with clasp). He was
again in active service on the North- West Frontier of India
1897-8, (despatches, London Gazette, 11 Feb., 1898, clasp).
In the South African war 1901-2 he commanded a cavalry
brigade, and obtained a medal, and the Companionship
of the Bath. Major-General John Eccles Nixon is author
of Solution of Tactical Problems on Maps, Notes of Military
Law, and Notes for Staff Officers on Field Servix:e. He m.
18 Aug., 1884, Amy Louisa, youngest dau. of James Wilson,
of Gratwicke, Billingshurst, Sussex, and has had issue :—
1. Adrian Leonard Eccles Nixon, 6. 24 April, 1889.
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1. Cecil Amy Nixon, d. 10 June, 1888.
I. Ellen Lavinia Philadelphia Nixon, m. Frederick Edward
Worsley-Roberts.
The eldest son : —
EDWARD BAYNES NIXON, Major Bengal Staff Corps, served in
the Jowaki Expedition 1877-8 (medal with clasp) and Afghan war
1878-80 (medal) 6. 26 Sept., 1848, m. 1st, Florence, 2nd dau. of E.
Benham, of Sion Lodge, Isleworth, (she d. 7 July, 1878), and 2nd, 17
Aug., 1887, his cousin, Emily Mabel Macdonald, dau. of George Francis
Cooper, M.D., of Brentford, by Emily Elizabeth, dau. of Capt. Henry
Stephen Nooth, 6th Dragoon Guards, nephew of Lieut. -Colonel Sir
Henry Vavasour, Bart., formerly Nooth. Major Nixon d. in the lifetime
of his father, 11 Feb., 1891, leaving by his second marriage, an only
son : —
MERVYN OSSORY NIXON, 6. 10 Dec, 1889, who is the present
representative of Sir Eccles Nixon.
Major-General Sir Eccles Nixon had two nephews and a niece (see
note, p. 53), who were children of Capt. James Macartney, 18th Hussars.
These were : —
I. James Nixon Macartney, Major 7th Dragoon Guards, Capt. 9th
Lancers, 6. 14 Feb., 1802, m. 17 March, 1829, Catherine
Colquet, dau. of John Smith, of London, and d. at Torrington,
North Devon, 3 Dec, 1865, having had, with another son and
two daus., who d. in infancy, two sons and three daus. : —
1. James Nixon Gooch Macartney, Lieut. 57th Regt., h. April,
1836, was present at the Redan and fall of Sebastopol,
d. at Malta, 7 Dec, 1856.
2. Arthur Sutherland Macartney, Lieut. -Colonel R.A., retired,
of Salterns, Torringtou, entered R. A., Dec, 1855, Com-
mandant Oxford Military College, 1880-93, h. 12 March,
1838, m. 5 July, 1864, Amelia Jane, youngest dau. of
John Sloley, of Torrington, and has issue : —
(1.) John Nixon Herbert Macartney, 6. 18 April, 1865, m. 3
Nov., 1897, Margaret, only child of James McKeand,
of Douglas, Manitoba, Canada, and has : —
i. Arthur Sutherland Macartney, h. 18 Feb., 1902.
ii. Ronald David Macartney, h. 14 June, 1904.
i. Amelia Dorothy Macartney.
ii. Ellen Rhoda Macartney.
(2.) Arthur Belton Macartney, h. 5 March, 1867, m. 12
Nov., 1897, Ethel Errington, 2nd dau. of Richard
Loveland Loveland, Q.C., D.L., Deputy Chairman of
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the County of London Sessions, by Maria Elizabeth
Oddie,5th dau. of the Rev. Phihp Henry Nind, M.A.,
Vicar of Woodcote-cum-Soutbstoke, Oxfordshire,
and has : —
Belton Charles Douglas Macartney, b. at
Johannesburg, 25 Dec, 1898.
(3.) James Hugh Macartney, 6. 30 Nov., 1873.
(4.) Walter Crealock Macartney, 6. 7 April, 1876.
(1.) Ellen Katharine Macartney, m. 7 April, 1904, Arthur
Edward Hardcastle Herschel, of Mayfield, Bearodin,
near Glasgow, younger son of Sir William James
Herschel, Bart., of Oxford, and has :—
Eileen Dorothea Herschel.
1. Rhoda Macartney, of Tavistock, Devon.
2. Clara Amelia Frances Macartney, d.
3. Jane Letitia. Macartney, m. 1866, Thomas Wyld Haverfield,
R.N., and had issue :—
(1.) Arthur GUbert Haverfield, d. in infancy.
(2.) Henry Wyld Haverfield, (Rev.) B.A. Selwyn Coll.,
Cambridge, 1903, Cuddesden College, 1904, Curate of
St. Peter's, Plymouth, d. 8 Nov., 1905.
(1.) Clara Rhoda Haverfield.
(2.) Katherine Gertrude Haverfield.
II. John Lennox Macartney, of Dublin, m. 23 Sept., 1835, Letitia
Mary, youngest dau. of Robert Johnston, Q.C., of Maghera-
mena Castle, Co. Fermanagh, by Letitia, dau. of Sir William
Richardson, Bart., of Augher Castle, Co. Tyrone. He d. 7
March, 1861, having had issue :—
1. Robert John Macartney, b. Nov., 1836, d. 17 Sept., 1840.
2. James Macartney.
1. Letitia Anne Macartney, w. 25 March, 1856, Francis Edward
Hassard, Royal Lancashire Regt.
I. Frances Macartney, d. unm.
One of the sons of the Rev. Eccles Nixon (p. 52), and brother of Sir
Eccles was : —
JOSEPH NIXON, of Stafford Street, Dublin, entered apprentice
to the Goldsmiths' Company, 1743 * m. Aug., 1757, Anne, dau. of
* " 1743 Joseph Nixon, son of the Rev. Ecdos Nixon, Co. Tjarone.'' See the
List of ApprentiL to the Goldsmiths' Company of Dublin 1653-1752 ed.ted by
HF Berry, Journal of th< Cork Historical and Archc^ological Society, 1902. p. 48.
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Alderman Walker of Dublin, and had issue, witli others : —
I. Eccles Nixon, bapt. at St. Andrews, Dublin, 19 June, 1763,
probably the Eccles Nixon buried there 14 Dec, 1765.
II. Robert Nixon, bapt. there 25 Feb., 1767.
III. GEORGE ECCLES, of whom presently.
I. Mary Nixon, bapt. 26 April, 1760, buried 31 Aug., 1761.
II. Ann Nixon, bapt. 17 Aug., 1761.
III. Mary Jane Nixon, bapt. at St. Andrew's 26 Nov., 1769, m. at
St. Mary's, Dubhn, 1 May, 1796, Drelincourt Young, of Dublin,
and had issue, of whom were : —
1. Eccles Young, d. intest. admon., 1840.
1. Anne Young, d. 29 Oct., 1831, in her 23rd year.
2. Rebecca Henrietta Young, m. 17 Dec, 1842, her cousin,
George Eccles Nixon, Surgeon Indian Army, see p. 63.
The youngest son : —
GEORGE ECCLES NIXON, Capt., 25th Regt., entered the army in
1795 as Ensign 25th Regt., then (in August) under orders for
Gibraltar.* m. Oct., 1797, Abigail, dau. of John Clements, and sister
of Lieut. -Colonel Henry Clements, 16th and 71st Regts., A.D.C. to Sir
John Moore. He had by her, who d. 5 July, 1857, in her 82nd year,
four sons and one dau. : —
I. John Clements Nixon, d. young, killed by a blow from a
schoolfellow.
II. ROBERT LAW DRELINCOURT, of whom presently.
III. James Lennox Nixon, of Clontarf, Co. Dubhn, m. Sarah, dau.
of John Scott, and d. 10 April, 1876, having by her, who d.
13 April, 1890, had issue :—
1. Henry Scott Nixon, 6. 21 June, 1838, m. 25 Aug., 1884,
Frances EHzabeth, youngest dau. of the Rev. John
Elliott Lyon, M.A., of Rockbrook House, Queen's Co.,
and d. 13 Oct., 1907, having had issue : —
(1.) George Eccles Nixon, h. 29 July, 1885.
(2.) Henry Scott Nixon, h. 22 May, 1889.
(3.) Arthur Wilham Lennox Nixon, h. 4 Feb., 1891.
(1.) Mary Bailey Nixon, d. 19 March, 1900.
(2.) Lilah Eveleen Nixon.
(3.) Kathleen Frances Maud Nixon.
2. James Lennox Nixon, m. May, 1867, Mary Jane, dau. of
John Allison, and went to New York. He had seven
sons, of whom were : —
(1.) Charles Nixon.
* Letter from George Eccles Nixon to his father, from Plymouth Sound, 2 Aug.,
1795.
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(2.) James Nixon.
(3.) Henry Scott Nixon.
3. George Eccles Nixon, d. unm., 12 July, 1870.
1. Sarah Maria Nixoi^, d. 1855.
2. Eliza Anne Nixon, m. 14 Oct., Alexander Tyndall, 1863,
Bank of Ireland, youngest son of Samuel Wilkinson
Tyndall, J.P., Divisional Magistrate, City of Dublin, and
by him, who d. II March, 1904, had, at her death, 20
Oct., 1891, issue :—
(1.) George Alexander Tyndall, b. 10 March, 1870, m. 17
May, 1905. Ahce dau. of Charles M'Gowan.
(2.) William Scott Tyndall, d. unm.
(1.) Rachel Annie Tyndall, m. John Antonio, and d.
leaving a dau. : —
Lilah Eachel Olga Antonio, dec.
(2.) Mary Elizabeth Tyndall, d.
(3.) Sarah Jane Tyndall, m. 11 Aug., 1897, George
Leopold Caird.
(4.) Abigail Alice Tyndall, m. 21 Dec, 1904, William
O'Donnell.
3. Abigail Nixon, m. 13 Sept., 1866, James Kildahl, Eoyal
Bank, Dublin, son of James Kildahl, M.A., and by him,
who d. 31 Jan., 1897, had issue : —
(1.) James Alexander Kildahl, &. 31 Aug., 1868, d. 25
Sept., 1896.
(1.) Lilah Evelyn Kildahl, m. 8 Aug, 1895, Robert Dunlop,
D.I., R.I.C., son of Major Dunlop, and had : —
Mary Tempe Dunlop.
(2.) Mary Tempe Kildahl, m. 17 July, 1896, William James
Dilworth, M.A., and had : —
i. Robert Kildahl Dilworth, b. 28 Sept., 1897.
i. Grace Evelyn Dilworth.
(3.) Helena Abigail Kildahl, w. 6 May, 1896, WUliam
Hunter, and had : —
William Adams Hunter, 6. 6 April, 1897.
(4.) Amelia Jane Kildahl, m. 7 Nov., 1897, William Coote.
(5.) Sarah Harriet Kildahl, d. 25 Sept., 1875.
(6). Alice Maud Mary Kildahl.
(7.) Isabella Rhoda Kildahl.
(8.) Florence Beatrice Kildahl.
(9.) Edith Constance May Kildahl, m. 21 June, 1907, the
Rev. Alexander Munro, B.A.
IV. George Eccles Nixon, Surgeon, 1st Bombay Lancers, afterwards
of the Horse Artillery, Turkish Contingent, m. 17 Dec, 1842,
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his cousin Rebecca Henrietta, dau. of Drelincourt Young
(see p. 62), and d. 13 Nov., 1858, leaving, by her, who d.
1 April, 1861, an only child : —
Rebecca Mary Anne Nixon, m. 2 April, 1873, John Irvine,
and d. 24 Sept., 1878, ha-ving had issue : —
(1.) Eccles Irvine, d.
(2.) A. Ernest Irvine.
(1.) Violet Olive Irvine.
I. Eliza Anne Nixon, m. 17 Jan., 1822, Richard Bempde Scott
Johnston, 2nd son of Alexander Johnston, Paymaster, 25th
Regt.
The second son of Capt, George Eccles Nixon, (p. 62), was : —
ROBERT LAW DRELINCOURT NIXON, B.A., Trinity College,
Dublin, 1823, M.A., and M.B., 1838, M.D., 1851, F.R.C.S.I., 1844, long
eminent in his profession in Dublin, b. 1801, m. 30 Aug., 1836, Emma
Fielding, dau. of Ambrose Leet, of Dublin, President of the Inland
Department of the General Post Office, by Jane Fielding, and d. 15
March, 1853, having had by her, who d. 21 June, 1870, issue : —
I. HENRY CLEMENTS, of whom presently.
II. Ambrose Leet Nixon, d. 8 Aug., 1853.
III. Robert Cramer Nixon, d. 19 May, 1870.
IV. George Eccles Priestley Nixon, M.D., Shrivenham, Berkshire, d.
unm., 8 Jan., 1900.
V. Frederick Fleming Nixon, h. 17 Oct., 1840.
I. Jane Fielding Ould Nixon, d. 3 Oct., 1870.
II. Emma Leet Nixon, d. 12 July, 1853, aged 3.
The eldest son : —
HENRY CLEMENTS NIXON, L.R.C.S.I., 1859, L. M., Rot. Hosp.,
Dublin, 18b9, L.R.C.P., Edinburgh, 1860, sometime Surgeon Cape
Mail Service, 6. 21 July, 1837, m. 1 Aug., 1865, Elizabeth Frances
Laura, youngest child of John Louis Oustaigne, and d. 26 Jan., 1905,
having had by her, who d. 1 Aug., 1903, issue : —
I. OSCAR FREDERICK DRELINCOURT, of whom presently.
II. Sydney Herbert Leet Nixon, 6. 3 Nov., 1867, m. 6 Aug., 1898,
Lucy Adele, dau. of Isaac Pratt, and has issue : —
1. Noreen Adele Clements Nixon.
2. Geraldine Eccles Cotterell Nixon.
III. Robert Fielding Ould Nixon, 6. 10 Oct., 1869, d. unm. at Chicago,
6 Jan., 1892.
IV. George Eccles Nixon, b. 19 May, 1874, m. 24 April, 1907, Kathleen
Melville, dau. of Alexander DouU.
I. Emma Elizabeth Nixon, m. 17 April, 1900, Henry Douglas
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Dawson, and has issue : —
Ivan Drelincourt Dawson, b. 4 July, 1904.
The eldest son : —
OSCAR FREDEEICK DRELINCOURT NIXON, was b. 14 Aug.,
1866, and is, as far as has been ascertained, representative in the male
line of the senior branch of the family of Nixon of Fermanagh
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CHAPTER V.
Nixon of Nixon Hall.
The third son of George Nixon of Granshagh (p. 46), was : —
THOMAS NIXON, of Kingstown, Co. Fermanagh, on roll for High
Sheriff, Co. Fermanagh, 1736, Quarter Master in the army of William
III.,* who is described in the Betham-Phillips manuscript, 1718-19, as
" a forward man of considerable estimation in ye commonwealth, and
freehoulder in ye Barony of Mageristaffanagh." He m. 1st, Lucy Percy,
said to be of the Northumberland family,^ by whom he had issue. By
his second wife, Jane,:j; he seems to have had no issue, and he m. 3rd,
marriage articles § dated 16 Aug., 1735, Mary, widow of Borough,
sister-in-law of the Rev. WiUiam Finglas, M.A., of Erginah, Co. Tyrone,
dau. of Stogdell, and mother of Mary Borough, wife of Henry
Leslie, of Nutfield, Co. Fermanagh. Mrs. Nixon was buried at Aghavea,
Co. Fermanagh.|| Thomas Nixon's will, dated 6 Sept., 1738, was
proved 9 June, 1739, see Appendix I., p. 167. He had by his first wife
three sons, and three daus. : —
I. Adam Nixon (Rev.), M.A., Vicar of Clontibret, Co. Monaghan,
collated 29 Dec, 1741, formerly Curate of Clones, b. at
Kingstown Co. Fermanagh, son of Thomas, generosi entered
Trinity College, Dublin, 1 Feb., 1713-4, Scholar, 1716,
B.A., 1718, M.A., 1721. The Rev. Adam Nixon built the
present glebe house of Clontibret in 1742. *f[ He inherited and
acquired considerable property in Co. Fermanagh, which
descended to his nephew, Alexander Nixon, of Nixon Hall.
Mr. Nixon never married, but his niece, afterwards Mrs.
Swanzy, lived with him (for an incident in connection with this,
see p. 99). His will, codicil, dated 29 May, 1767, was proved
4 Dec, 1767, see Appendix III., p. 170.
* The Matriculatiou entry, T.C.D., of his son Andrew, describes Thomas Nixon
as " Leutenantis."
t Burke's Landed Gentry, 1863, is responsible for this statement.
X Exchequer Bill, 5 Aug., 1736, Thomas Nixon v. Adam and Andrew Nixon.
§ Registiy of Deeds, book 79, p. 435.
II There is a stone there with this inscription: "Here lyeth Mary Nixon; her
sister Dorothea Finglass ; her grandchild Penelope, daughter of Henry Leslie, esq.,
of Nutfield" {History of Tv:o Ulster Manors, by the Earl of Belmore, 2nd ed., 1903,
p. 435). Pwe's Occarrtnces announces the marriage, on 24th Sept., 1755, of "Henry
Lesly, of Nutfield, in the County of Fermanagh, Gent., to Sliss Mary Borrough
of St.. Andrew's Parish." Thomas Nixon left £5 to his wife's daughter, Miss Marj'
Borrogh. James Borough Leslie of Nutfield, d. 23 Feb., 1815, aged 18, and was
buried in the Oliver vault, Co. Limerick, inscription at Aghavea. The Rev. Wm
Finglas m. at St. Bride's, Dublin, 17 Aug., 1719, Dorothy Stogdell. He held the
College living of Cappagh, Co. Tyrone, 1730-50.
IT The details connected with this are noted at length in Clogher Grant Book,
No. 5, pp. 156-166 (Public Record Office, Dublin;.
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II. GEORGE, of whom immediately.
III. ANDREW (Rev.) of Nixon Lodge, ancestor of that branch, and
of the Swanzy and Corry families, see Chapter VI., p. 83.
I. FRANCES, w. John Enery, of Bawnboy, Co. Cavau, J.P., High
Sheriff, Co. Fermanagh, 1727, and Co. Cavan, 1738, and had
issue, see Chapter VII., p. 128.
II. Margaret Nixon, m. Clogher marriage licence 20 July, 1717,
Francis Young, of Killeshandra parish, Co. Cavan, and was
still living in 1752, date of her uncle James Nixon's will. She
had issue* : —
1. Thomas Young.
2. Richard Young.
III. Nixon, m. James Little, f and had a dau. : —
Jane Little, vi. 1733, Richard Hassard, of Garden Hill, Co.
Fermanagh, and had numerous descendants, including
the Hassards of Garden Hill and of Waterford ; Sir
Francis Hassard, Sir John Hassard, K.C.B., the
families of MacMahon, and Grogan, Baronets ; the
late General Sir Richard Stewart, K.C.B., the families
of Story, McMaster, Carson, Hudson, etc., for whom
see The Family of Hassard by the Rev. H. B. Swanzy,
Dublin, 1903, pp. 29-58.
The second son : —
GEORGE NIXON, of Nixon HaU (or Mullymeskei;) Cleenish, near
Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, High Sheriff, Co. Fermanagh, 1743,
appointed J.P. that county 23 May, 1737. He purchased Mullymesker,
originally the seat of the Hassards, from Mr. Cole, Lord Enniskillen's
ancestor, and called it Nixon Hall, a name which was apparently not
in general use till his son's time. George Nixon m., settlements, 16 June,
1720,t Catherine, third dau. of Alexander Acheson, of Tonnyheague,
Co. Fermanagh, High Sheriff for that county, 1703, Capt. in Col.
Abraham Creighton's Regt., of Foot, and d. April, 1757, " to the in-
expressible grief of his afflicted Family, being a tender Husband, and
indulgent Parent ; in him the Poor have lost their best Friend and his
Acquaintances a most agreeable and sincere companion." {Dublin
* The Rev. Adam Nixon, in his will, mentions " my niece Harkness." She
may have been a dau. of Mrs. Yoimg. There was already a Harkness and Young
marriage, for there is a Clogher marriage hcence, 20 Oct., 1720, between Thomas
Harkness of the diocese of Armagh, and Mary Young of the parish of AughnamuUen.
t Burke's Landed Gentry, and Short's History of the Hassards state that Richard
Hassard married Jane, dau. of J. Little. The Rev. Adam Ni.xon in his will mentions
"Jane Hazard my niece of Garden Hill,'" and she is also mentioned by her grandfather,
Thomas Nixon, in his will, 1738. If Burke's and Short's pedigree be correct, she
must have been Jane Little, but no other proof has been discovered of a Nixon
and Little marriage.
J Abstract of Title, Mullymesker (Nixon Hall) Estate, Incumbered Estates Court
14 Jan., 1856.
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Gazette, April 30 to May 2, 1757). He had by his wife, who survived
him, five children : —
I. Thomas Nixon, killed by a fall from his horse in his father's
Ufetime.
II. ALEXANDER, of whom presently.
I. Catherine Nixon, m. —Barton.
II. Mary Nixon, m. at St. Andrew's, Dublin, 12 Dec, 1761, her cousin
Thomas Higinbotham, of Farmley, Co. Dublin, son of Andrew
Higinbotham, of Nutfield, Co. Cavan, and had issue, see p. 152.
III. Jane Nixon, m., settlements dated 22 March, 1765, Robert Hassard.
of Skea, Co. Fermanagh, J. P., and had issue, for a full account
of whom see The Family of Hassard, by the Rev. H. B.
Swanzy, pp. 87-95. She was ancestress of the families of
Hassard of Desertcreat, and of Skea, Irvine of Killadeas,
Hemsworth of Abbeville, and Peacocke, Archbishop of Dublin.
The second son : —
ALEXANDER NIXON, of Nixon Hall, High Sheriff, Co. Fermanagh,
1761 and Co. Monaghan, 1775, appointed J.P., Co. Fermanagh, 4 Aug.,
1758, Capt. Irish Fusiliers Provincial Regt. of Foot, Feb., 1783, b. about
1726, entered Trinity College, Dublin, 27 Sept., 1743, aged 17, Scholar,
1746 ; B.A., 1748. He was executor to the wills of his uncle, the Rev.
Adam Nixon, and his aunt, the widow of the Rev. Andrew Nixon, and
was guardian to her two unmarried daughters, Frances and Barbara
(afterwards Mrs. Corry). He m., settlements dated 20 June, 1758,
Mary, eldest dau. of Alexander Montgomery, of Bessmount Park, Co.
Mouaghan (by Elizabeth, 3rd dau. of Henry Richardson, of Bally-
kinler, Co. Down *) son of Robert Montgomery, of Anarea, Co. Monaghan,
brother of Alexander Montgomery of Ballyleck, same Co. He made
his will 5 March, 1776. It was proved 21 April, 1791, in the Pre-
rogative Court. He did not leave as much to his son Alexander as to
the others, as he was being provided for by his grandfather Montgomery,
and asked his friend Mervyn Archdall, of Castle Archdall, to be guardian
to his children. He had eight sons, and five daus. : —
I. George Nixon, of Nixon Hall,- High Sheriff, Co. Fermanagh, t804.
Barrister at law, Hilary Term, 1785, Lieut. Irish Fusiliers
Provincial Regfc. of Foot, Feb., 1783, b. about 1761, educated
at Enniskillen under Mr. Noble, entered Trinity College, Dublin ,
7 July, 1777, aged 16, Scholar, 1780 ; B.A., 1782 ; m. his
cousin, Catherine, dau. of Humphrey Nixon, of Nixon Lodge
(see p. 94) (by Anne, sister of the Right Hon. Sir John Stewart,
Bart.) son of the Rev. Andrew Nixon, by Marianne, dau. of the
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Rev. Mathew French. George Nixon was the last of his line
to live at Nixon Hall (now a ruin) which, on 1 Dec, 1807 *
he let to John Fawcett, and lived among his brothers. James
Denham, J.P., D.L., took a lease of Nixon Hall, 8 July, 1814
from George Nixon, and called it Fairwood Park. See the
view of it (facing p. 68), from a picture in possession of Mr.
J. H. F. Nixon, J.P. (see p. 98). The following appeared in
The Dublin Evenin^f Post, Dec. 16, 1802 :— " Tuesday—
A duel was fought near the North Wall between George
Nixon, of Nixon Hall, Esq., and D'Arcy Mahon, of Cloon,
Esq., in which the former received a wound in the breast,
which was at jfirst supposed to be mortal, but which is not
likely to be fatal." He made his will 6 April, 1818, when
living at Dunbar with his brother Thomas, and d. 11 Oct.,
1818. A monument is erected to his memory in Cleenish
Churchyard. He had by his wife (who m. 2nd, 1822, Charles
Ovenden, M.D., and d. 11 Nov., 1839) issue : —
1. Alexander Nixon, d. an infant.
1. Mary Nixon, d. unm., 19 Aug., 1832, in her 18th year.
2. Anna Nixon, eventual heiress of Nixon Hall, m. 22 June, 1840,
John Netterville Blake, of Dowth Hall, Co. Louth, after-
wards of Nixon Hall, High Sheriff, Co. Fermanagh, 1846,
eldest son of Edward Blake, J.P., D.L., of Castlegrove,
Co. Galway, nephew of John, 6th Viscount Netterville.
She d. 15 Sept., 1841.
II. ALEXANDER, of whom presently, p. 77.
III. Adam Nixon, of The Graan, Co. Fermanagh, for 42 years Clerk
of the Peace for that county, m. at St. Andrew's, DubUn,
10 Sept., 1793, his cousin, Mary, dau. of John Enery, of
Bawnboy, Co. Cavan,by Margaret, sister of Sir John Hamilton,
Bart., of Dunnemana, Co. Tyrone (see pp. 131 and 139), and d.
12 May, 1845, leaving by her a son : —
Alexander Nixon, of Belnaleck and the Graan, High Sheriff,
Co. Fermanagh, 1841, D.L., Co. Fermanagh, appointed
J.P., 14 Jan., 1835, Lieut. 27th Inniskilhng Regt., 4 Nov.,
1813, served in the Peninsular war, wounded 27 Feb.,
1814, Capt. Fermanagh Militia, 10 March, 1836, m.,
settlements, 26 July, 1818, his cousin Mary, dau. of Capt.
Andrew Nixon, of Belnaleck, and d. 12 Oct., 1866, having
had by her, who d. 1847, two daus. ; —
* He was still living there in 1805, when the following incident occurred,
•' Deaths, Sept. 27, at Enniskillen, capt. Sir James Rivers, Bart., of the third
dragoon giiards. While on a shooting party at Nixon-hall, in company with
Captains Faucutt and Piatt, of the 50th foot. Sir James's gmi unfortunately went
off and killed him almost instantaneously." {Anmud Btgieter, 1806, p. 500.)
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(1.) Mary Nixon, d. 1851.
(2.) Hannah Georgina Nixon, d. 18 Sept., 1852.
IV. Andrew Nixon, of Belnaleck and Silver Hill, High Sheriff, Co.
Fermanagh, 1800, Paymaster, Fermanagh Militia, 8 Sept.,
1806, m., settlements, dated 5 Oct., 1793, his cousin Hannah,
dau. of Thomas Higinbotham, of Farmley, Co. Dublin (see p. 152)
by Mary, dau. of George Nixon, of Nixon Hall. Andrew Nixon
d. July, 1834, and his wife d. 28 April, 1829, having had (with
two other daus., Eliza Nixon, buried at Belnaleck 21 June,
1803, and Catherine Nixon, buried there 21 June, 1807)
five children : —
1. Thomas Nixon, d. unm. under age.
1. Mary Nixon, m. 1818, her cousin Capt. Alexander Nixon,
D.L.
2. Hannah Nixon, m. 1822, Ralph Scott, of Manor Highgate,
Co. Fermanagh, Solicitor, son of William Scott, of Scotts-
borough, Co. Fermanagh, by Elizabeth, dau. of Alexander
Rosborough, third son of John Rosborough, of Mullinagoan,
Co. Fermanagh (see also p. 111). She d. 24 May, 1831, and
Mr. Scott d.ll Aug., 1863, having had issue : —
(1.) Andrew William Scott, d. young.
(1.) Hannah Georgina Scott, d. unm., 27 May, 1906.
(2.) Elizabeth Scott d. unm.. 22 June, 1907.
(3.) Mary Scott, d. unm., 17 Jan., 1901.
3. Jane Nixon, d. unm.
4. Georgina Nixon, buried 24 June, 1836, aged 30.
V. Montgomery Nixon, of Lakeview House, Enniskillen, a doctor,
appointed J.P., Co. Fermanagh, 4 July, 1804, b. 1768, m.,
settlements dated 27 June, 1794, Jane, eldest dau. of George
Alcock, of Dublin, second son of the Rev. George Alcock,
M.A., by Mary, second dau. of the Right Rev. Henry Downes,
D.D., Bishop of Derry, and sister of the Right Rev. Robert
Downes, Bishop of Raphoe. Dr. Nixon d. 11 July, 1821, and
his widow d. April, 1841, having had (with another dau. Julia
Nixon, buried at Belnaleck, 9 Jan., 1812) three sons and four
daus. : —
1. George Alcock Nixon, midshipman R.N.,H.M.S. Maidstone,
d. s. p. of fever, 2 Oct., 1825 at Sierra Leone. (See Ennis-
killen Chronicle for 27 April, 1826).
2. Montgomery Downes Nixon, of Lakeview, B.A., T.C.D.,
1830, M.A., 1840, Barrister-at-law, J.P., Cos. Fermanagh
and Kerry, m. 6 Oct., 1855, Louisa Mary, 3rd dau. of
James Peare, of Upton, Co. Wexford, and <i. 16 Oct., 1866,
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having had by her, who d. 20 April, 1892, two sons and
two daus. : —
(1.) George Alcock Nixon, 6. 6 March, 1862, d. 9 March,
1894.
(2.) Alured Montgomery Downes Nixon, 6. 20 Aug., 1864,
m. 31 July, 1893, Elizabeth Southern, dau. of John
Royle, of Lowton, Newton-le-Willows.
(1.) Jemima Juliana Nixon, m. 21 March, 1887, Richard
Follis, and has : —
i. Charles George Nixon Follis, h. 28 Jan., 1888.
i. Louisa Mary Follis.
(2.) Emma Dorothea Nixon, ?«. 19 March, 1890, Thompson
Armstrong, and has : —
i. Alured Montgomery Thompson Armstrong, h.
20 Jan., 1893.
ii. John Edwin Armstrong, h. 7 Jan., 1895.
iii. Alfred George Ernest Armstrong, 6. 15 Jan.,
1897.
iv. Robert Nixon Armstrong, h. 29 Aug., 1902.
i. Louisa Mary Josephine Armstrong.
Frederick Trimnell Nixon, of Eden Lodge, Co. Fermanagh,
Solicitor, and Sub-Sheriff of the County, ni. Elizabeth
Nixon, (who d. 8 June, 1861) and d. 27 Nov., 1861, having
had issue : —
(1.) Montgomery Nixon, B.A., T.C.D., h. 5 July, 1848.
(2.) Frederick Alcock Nixon, of Merrion Square, Dublin,
F.R.C.S.I., formerly Surgeon R. N., h. 23 Sept., 1850,
m. 12 Sept., 1877, Elizabeth Mary, eldest dau. of
John Griffin, and d. 23 May, 1897. She d. 11 Feb.,
1898.
(3.) Alexander Edward Nixon, h. 25 Nov., 1852, d. umn.
25 June, 1900.
(1.) Elizabeth Nixon, d, unm., 12 Feb., 1902.
(2.) Mary Nixon, d. unm., 31 May, 1895.
(3.) Blanche Nixon, m.9 June, 1886, Henry Edward Beare,
eldest son of George Hatchell Beare, of Ph jenix Glen
Lodge, Dublin, and grandson of Henry Edward
Beare, of Bearehaven, Derbyshire, and d. 6 Dec,
1906, having had issue : —
i. George Shirley Beare, h. Jan., 1888, d. June,
1888.
ii. John Henry Edward Cecil Beare, 6. Oct., 1891 ^
d. 20 Jan., 1895.
i. Blanche Kathleen Maud Beare.
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1. Mary Jane Nixon. )
2. Jemima Nixon, m. Jan., 1826, Henry Gary Field, M.D., of
Fieldville, Co. Dublin, who d. 28 Jan., 1851, and d. 19
April, 1851.
3. Sophia Nixon, m. 6 Oct., 1838, Espine Ward, of Charlemont
St., Dublin, who d. 27 Aug., 1856, and d. 30 April, 1865,
leaving issue : —
(1.) Montgomery Albert Ward, of Dublin, M.D., 6. 10 Oct.,
1839, m. 20 Sept., 1865, Frances Elizabeth, dau. of
Major Henry Keane, 25th and 87th Regts., of
Corbally, Co. Down, and d. 30 Dec, 1897, leaving by
her, who d. 17 July, 1906, an only child : —
Frances Adelina Ward, m. 2 June, 1897, Hume
Robertson, Secretary Provincial Bank, son of
William Blakeman Robertson, and has issue.
1. Eric Hume Robertson, 6. 10 May, 1898.
2. Algar Ronald Ward Robertson, b. 8 Sept.,
1902.
1. Vera Adeline Frances Robertson.
2. Rhona Noreen Helena Robertson.
(2.) Espine Ward, Staff Surgeon in the army, m. Mary,
dau. of Thomas Picton Reede, of Dublin, and d.
leaving a son : —
Espine Montgomery Picton Ward, late Lieut.
2nd Batt. the Prince of Wales' Leinster Regt.,
h. 11 Jan., 1879, m. 9 March, 1904, Lucie
Johanna, dau. of the late P. O'Flanagan, of
Port Elizabeth, South Africa, and of Mrs. J.
Wood, of Pretoria.
4. Harriet Nixon, d. 9 Dec, 1825.
VI. Thomas Nixon, of Dunbar House, Enniskillen, m. 13 Oct., 1802,
Jemima, dau. of George Alcock, aforesaid, Lord Mayor of
Dublin, 1786, and d. 14 Oct., 1814, having had by her, who
d. 15 Jan., 1847, three sons and three daus. : —
1. Alexander Nixon (Rev.) B.A., T.C.D., of Knockballymore,
Co. Fermanagh, and Heathfield, Co. Donegal, J.P., Cos.
Fermanagh and Donegal, 6. 1804, m. 1st, 13 March, 1828,
Mary Anne, only dau, of Roger Sheehy Keating, by
Frances Aylmer, his wife, and by her, who d. 1 Jan., 1857,
had issue : —
(1.) Thomas Nixon, d. abroad.
(1.) Frances Maria Nixon, m. 1 July, 1869, Bernard Greorge
Shaw, D.I., R.I.C., only son of George Nathaniel
Shaw, of Cork, and d. 26 Jan., 1871, leaving a dau. : —
Frances Maria Eva Shaw.
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The Rev. Alexander Nixon m. 2nd, 25 Feb., 1858, Anne
Catherine, dau. of the Rev. Thomas Harpur, M.A., Rector
of Maryborough, and afterwards of Templeshambo.,
diocese of Ferns, and d. 25 March, 1882, ha\-ing had
further issue : —
(2.) Harpur ColviU John Nixon (Rev.) B.A.,T.C.D., 1881.
M.A., 1889, of Heathfield, now of Denman Island,
British Columbia, 6. 5 Dec, 1858, m. 1888, Marie,
dau. of Arthur Pennamen Louis, of Douarnenez,
Finnisterre, France, and has issue : —
i. Harpur Cyril Nixon, 6. 1888.
ii. James Nixon, 6. 1889.
iii. Louis Hamilton Nixon, 6. 11 Dec, 1891.
iv. Frank Alexander Nixon, &. 23 June, 1895.
V. Thomas Marie Nixon, h. 26 Dec, 1896.
vi. John Nixon, h. 19 Oct., 1904.
(2.) Hannah Frances Nixon.
(3.) Jemina Nixon.
2. George Alcock Nixon, M.D., Glasgow, 1834, of Enniskillen,
m. 1st 15 June, 1832, his cousin Anna Maria, dau. of
Major Alexander Nixon-Montgomery, of Bessmount Park,
Co. Monaghan (see p. 80) and by her, who d. 7 April, 1842,
had issue : —
(1.) Thomas Nixon, d. 3 Aug., 1859.
(2.) George Nixon, h. 23 July, 1839, d. young.
(1.) Eliza Nixon, m. 26 July, 1859, John Harpur, of New
Park, Queen's Co., son of the Rev. Thomas Harpur,
Rector of Maryborough, and had issue : —
i. Thomas Geoi^e Montgomery Harpur (Rev.)
B.A., Incumbent of Timahoe, diocese of
Leighlin, h. 18 April, 1861, m. 27 April, 1897,
Kathleen, dau. of Robert Wilson, of Kenagh,
Co. Longford, and has : —
1. Ernest Ian Wilson Harpur, h. 31 May, 1899.
1. Kathleen Violet Harpur.
2. Edith Elizabeth Armstrong Nixon Harpur.
i. Anna Harpur, m. 27 July, 1893, Alexander
Francis Boyle, J. P., of Belmont House, Queen's
Co., and has had issue : —
1. Ivan Alexander Boyle, 6. 30 April, 1895, d.
5 June, 1896.
2. Dermot Alexander Boyle, h. 2 Oct., 1904.
3. Brian James Harpur Boyle, 6. 17 April, 1906.
1. Sylvia Boyle.
Dr. George Alcock Nixon, m. 2iid, at Gretna Green, 11 Nov.,
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and at the Cathedral, Manchester, 27 Nov., 1847, Frances
Willoughby, eldest dau. of Sir Thomas Charles Yates,
by Maria Isabella, youngest dau. of Sir William Richardson,
Bart., of Augher Castle, Co. Tyrone. He d. 21 May, 1853,
aged 48, and his widow d. 20 July, 1867. They had
further issue : —
(3.) Charles Alexander Newburgh Nixon, B.A., T.C.D., h.
1851, m. 3 Sept. 1874, Martha Plunkenette, 4th dau.
of Thomas Howard Wisdom, of Dublin, and d. 7 April,
1875. She m. 2nd, 17 Sept., 1877, Alexander William
Brett, R.N.
(4.) George Michael Nixon, M.B., Surgeon-Major Indian
Medical Service, h. 16 Feb., 1852, m. 12 Oct., 1878,
Adelaide, 3rd dau. of Edward Fetherstonhaugh, of
Blackrock, Co. Dublin, by Elizabeth Dorothea, dau.
of William Curtis, of Annaghmore, King's Co., (see
also p. 126). He d. 17 Aug., 1896, leaving issue : —
i. Charles Howard Fetherstonhaugh Nixon, Lieut.
5th Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army, 6. 14 Aug.,
1884.
ii. Brian George Michael Frederick Nixon, 2nd
Lieut. 1st Batt. Queen's Royal West Surrey
Regt., h. 5 June, 1886.
i. Marjorie Adelaide Eileen Nixon, m. 2 March,
1907, Cecil Roy Millar. Lieut. Royal Army
Medical Corps, 3rd son of Richard Chaytor
Millar, of Foxrock, Co. DubUn.
3. Thomas Nixon, of Dunbar House, Capt. Fermanagh
Militia, J.P., Co. Fermanagh, 11 March, 1835, m. 9 Dec,
1840, his first cousin, Juliana Mary Anne, widow of John
Bovell, of Demerara, and eldest dau. of George Alcock, of
Upper Pembroke Street, Dublin. She d. 6 April, 1860,
and Capt. Nixon d. at Frescati, Blackrock, 28 Feb., 1862.
1. Maria Nixon, d. 23 Feb., 1826, aged 16.
2. Jemima Nixon, d. Aug., 1811.
3. Jemima Georgina Mary Nixon, d. in infancy, July, 1813.
Vn. Robert Nixon, C.B., Lieut.-Colonel in the army, 30 May, 1811,
Major 28th Regt., 15 Dec, 1804, served in Egypt, the Penin-
sula, and Waterloo, wounded at Waterloo 18 June, 1815,
gazetted C.B. for services, 4 June, 1815, re-gazetted C.B.
for services at Waterloo on the 22nd of the same month,
awarded the 4th Class of the Order of St. Wladimir by the
Emperor of Russia (Wellington's despatches, 21 Aug., 1815)
retired from the service 1816, d. unm., 26 Aug., 1826, intestate,
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his niece Anna Nixon, of Nixon Hall, afterwards Mrs. Netter-
ville Blake, being his heiress at law.
VIII. James Nixon, of Rosskean, Co. Fermanagh, appointed J. P.,
Co. Fermanagh, 14 Feb., 1812, d. 8 Nov., 1816, leaving no
lawful issue.
I. Catherine Nixon, m. Jan. 1785, her cousin, Richard Hudson, of
Dublin, elder son of Edward Hudson, by Frances, 4th dau. of
Richard Hassard, of Garden Hill, Co. Dublin. They had seven
sons and five daus., foi' whose descendants, Hudsons and
Carsons, see The Family of Hassard, by the Rev. H. B. Swanzy,
1903, pp. 41-45.
II. Elizabeth Nixon, m. 18 Jan., 1794, John Curry, Barrister-at-law,
of Londonderry, son of Samuel Curry, and by him, who d.
18 Jan., 1834, had at her death, June, 1855, in her 85th year,
three sons and five daus. : —
1. John Montgomery Curry (Rev.) B.A.,T.C.D., m. Emily
Middleton, of St. Heliers, Jersey, and had one dau. : —
Wilhelmina Curry, m. H. Cary, son of the Rev.
Radclifie Joseph Cary, Rector of Desertegny, Co.
Donegal, son of the Rev. Anthony Grayson Cary, and
had one child.
2. Alexander Curry, B.A., T.C.D., Barrister-at-law, h. 24 June,
1802, m. 28 March, 1844, Caroline, dau. and co-heiress
of Tristram Cary, of White Castle, Co. Donegal and The
Casino, Deny, by Henrietta Sophia, 2nd dau. of Lieut. -
Colonel Henry John Kearney, of White Waltham, Berks,
eldest son of the Rev. John Kearney, D.D., by Henrietta,
dau. of the Rev. the Hon. Henry Brydges, D.D., brother
of James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos. Mr. Curry d.
27 Dec, 1859, leaving four sons and two daus. : —
(1.) John Brydges Curry, h. 17 Jan., 1845.
(2.) Henry John Kearney Curry, h. 5 July, 1850,
d. unm., Jan., 1872.
(3.) Alexander Curry, b. 21 April, 1854, d. unm.
(4.) Tristram Curry, b. 10 May, 1857, m. Frances Philippa,
dau. of Thomas Bedingfeld, and had issue : —
i. Alexander Curry, 6. Oct., 1886.
i. Evelyn Grayaon Curry, m. 15 April, 1903, Lieut.
Charles White, R.N., son of the Rev. James
White, Vicar of St. Peter's, Paddington,
London, and has : —
Kathleen Hawtrey White.
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ii. Hilda Boys Curry, m. 18 Dec, 1905, Perciva
T. Nicholls, Surgeon K.N., 2nd son of H. J.
Nicholls, of Coed Celyn, Dolgelly, North
Wales, and has : —
Evelyn Grayson Bedingfeld Nicholls.
iii. Olive Curry,
iv. Blanche Curry.
(1.) Henrietta Curry.
(2.) Frances EHzabeth Curry, m. 30 April, 1868, Com-
mander George Herbert Blake, K.N., son of George
Blake, of Bramerton Hall, Norfolk, and by him,
who d. 4 March, 1907, had issue : —
i. Herbert Arthur Blake, h. 1 June, 1869, d. 17 Aug.,
1894.
ii. Tristram Kennedy Blake, h. 3 Nov., 1877.
iii. Sydney Alexander Blake, h. 27 Nov., 1880, d. 20
April, 1901.
i. Georgina Alexa idra Blake, m. 24 Nov., 1897,
William James Reid, M.D., son of Capt. Raid,
95th Regt.
ii. Caroline Cary Blake, m; 1 July, 1903, Claude
Edward Vance, son of Capt. Eustace Johu
Vance, 13th Hussars, son of Thomas Vance,
J.P., of Blackrock House, Co. Dublin, and
has : —
Caroline Evelyn Leigh Vance.
iii. Florence Mabel Blake,
iv. Rosalie Eileen Margarite Blake.
V. Frances Marie Helen Blake.
3. George Curry, d. unm.
1. Ann Curry, d. unm.
2. Elizabeth Curry, d. unm.
3. Margaret Curry, d. unm.
4. Rebecca Jane Curry, d. unm.
5. Mary Curry, m. her cousin William Curry, son of Joseph
Curry, and had issue : —
(1.) Joseph Curry.
(2.) William Curry, of Buncrana, Co. Donegal, d.
unm. 5 Sept., 1858.
(1.) Elizabeth Wilhelmina Nixon Curry, d. unm., 7 Sept.,
1894.
III. Mary Nixon, m. deed dated 14 July, 1804, Denis O'Donoughoe,
and d. s. p.
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IV. Anne Nixon.
V. Jane Nixon, m. 1804,Richard Power,of Rosskean, Co. Formanftgh,
and d. 2 Dec, 1839, aged 63, having had issue : —
1. William Power.
2. Alexander Power, of Rosskean, d. 1846.
1. Mary Power, m. John Tegarty.
The second son of Alexander Nixon, of Nixon Hall, by Mary
Montgomery his wife (see p. 68) was : —
ALEXANDER NIXON-MONTGOMERY, of Bessmount Park,
Tyholland, Co. Monaghan, J.P., High Sheriff, Co. Monaghan, 1790,
Major Monaghan Militia, b. 1762, educated by the Rev. C. Meares
(see p. 141), entered Trinity College, Dublin, (as Nixon) 5 July, 1779,
aged 17, did not graduate, succeeded to Bessmount under the will
of his maternal grandfather, and assumed the additional name of
Montgomery. He m. at St. Ann's, Dublin, 18 Aug., 1807, Eliza, dau.
of Arthur Stanley, of Dawson St., Dublin. She d. 8 May, 1827.
Major Nixon-Montgomery d. 1 April, 1837, having had eleven children,
who bore the name of Montgomery only. They were : —
I. ALEXANDER, of whom presently.
II. Arthur Henry Montgomery, of Crieve House, Co. Monaghan, b.
9 April, 1810, m. 29 April, 1851, Henrietta Frances, eldest
dau. of the Rev. Francis Chamley, Vicar of Wicklow, and
d. 2 Dec, 1859, having had issue : —
1. Alexander Nixon Montgomery (Rev.) of Carnaveagh, Co.
Monaghan, Rector of Aughnamullen in that Co., B.A.,
T.C.D., b. 5 Oct., 1852, m. 1 Aug., 1895, Mary Elizabeth,
only dau. of Thomas Hanna, of Dublin, by Rhoda Mary,
dau. of Leonard Dobbin, of Armagh, by Mary, 4th dau.
of the Rev. George Miller, D.D., F.T.C.D., Rector of
Derryvoland, Co. Fermanagh. Issue : —
Arthur Henry Montgomery, 6. 17 April, 1897.
2. Francis Chamley Montgomery, D.S.O., Lieut. Roberts'
Horse, b. 25 June, 1855, served in the South African War,
d. 18 March, 1901, of wounds received in action on the
previous day near Lichtenburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
1. Madeline Montgomery.
III. Robert Montgomery, b. 29 Nov., 1811, d. 5 July, 184.3.
IV. George Montgomery, M.D., of Dubhn, b. 15 Dec, 1814, w.
11 Aug., 1842, Elizabeth, 3rd dau. of George Arbuthnot Holmes,
of Moorock, King's Co., eldest son of Richard Holmes, of
Prospect, King's Co., by Anne, dau., of John Arbuthnot, of
Rockfleet, Co. Mayo, and sister of the Right Hon. Charles
Arbuthnot, P.C, M.P., the Right Rev. Alexander Arbuthnot,
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D.D., Bishop of Killaloe, Lieut. -General Sir Robert Arbuthnot,
K.C.B., and Lieut. -General Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, K.C.B.
Dr. Montgomery d. 4 Nov. 1869, and his widow d. 21 Dec,
1894, having had one son and three daus. : —
1. Alexander Nixon Montgomery, F.R.C.P.I., of Dublin,
h. 1 May, 1847, m. 15 Sept., 1885, Anna Sophia, 3rd dau.
of Benjamin Samuel Adams, of Shinan House, Co. Cavan,
by his first wife, Georgina Charlotte, dau. of the Rev.
George Hickson, Vicar of Magheracloone, diocese of
Clogher, and has had issue : —
(1.) George Alexander Nixon Montgomery, 6. 19 Nov.,
1886, d. 13 July, 1887.
(2.) Alexander Nixon Montgomery, h. 18 May, 1894.
(1.) Jeannie Holmes Montgomery.
(2.) Georgina Hickson Montgomery.
(3.) Anna Elizabeth Mary Montgomery.
1. Jeannie Holmes Montgomery, m. 17 Sept., 1873, as his
second wife, Benjamin Samuel Adams, of Shinan House,
J.P., High Sheriff, Co. Cavan, 1866, Lieut. 12th Regt.,
son of Capt. Charles James Adams, R.N., J. P., of Shinan
House, by Anne Jane, dau. of Capt. William Foster, of
Fosterstown, Co. Meath, and d. 13 June, 1876, having
had by him, who d. 3 June, 1899, issue : —
(1.) Elizabeth Montgomery Azalina Adams, d. 1876.
(2.) Jeannie Holmes Adams, d. 5 Jan., 1888.
2. Elizabeth Stanley Montgomery.
3. Mary Montgomery.
V. Handcock Montgomery, h. 29 June, 1816, m. 23 May, 1838,
Alicia, sister of Elizabeth, Marchioness of Westmeath, and
dau. of David Verner, of Churchill, Co. Armagh, brother of
Sir William Verner, Bart. Mr. Montgomery d. 8 May, 1839,
leaving by his wife (who m. 2nd, 20 July, 1846, Langford
Kennedy, H.E.I.C.S., and d. 8 Aug., 1859) an only child :—
Alexander Nixon Montgomery, Capt., 7th Royal Fusiliers,
and Commandant I.N.N.C., J.P., Natal, of Ismont,
Mid-Ilovv, Natal, author of The Natal Magistrate,
Hints about Egypt, and various pamphlets, b. 23 March,
1839, m. 4 Jan., 1861, Istere Alicia, 4th dau. of Solomon
Atrutel, of Gibraltar, of the race of the Sephardim,
and by her, who d. 14 June, 1900, has had five sons
and nine daus. : —
(1.) Roger Montgomery, b. 3 June, 1863, d. 19 Sept., 1863.
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(2.) John Willoughby Verner Montgomery, Capt. 0. C. D.
Squadron, Natal Carbineers in Natal Vol. Composite
Regt., served through the South African War
(mentioned in despatches, Queen's and King's
medals with six clasps) and in the Native Rebellion,
1906, (medal), b. 18 May, 1867.
(3.) Gabriel Charles Langford Montgomery, 6. 30
March, 1874, d. 22 Aug., 1874.
(4.) Waldyve David Montgomery, b. 2 April, 1875, d. 19
July, 1875.
(5.) Quintin Hogg Montgomery, served throughout the
South African War in the Natal Carbineers and
Composite Regt. (Queen's and King's medals with
clasps), b. 26 June, 1877, w. 1 Oct., 1903, Adelaide
Maud, 2nd dau. of John A. de Waal Berning, and
grand-dau. of F. S. Berning, Registrar of Deeds,
Colony of Natal, and has issue : —
i. Rogfer Quintin Montgomery, b. 5 May, 1906.
i. Dulcia Maud Montgomery.
(1.) Alethe Sylva Montgomery, m. 13 Dec, 1880, Leonard
Guise Wingfi eld-Stratford, of Powerscourt, Natal,
grandson of Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. John Wingfield-
Stratford, son of Richard Wingfield, 3rd Viscount
Powerscourt, by Lady Emilia Stratford, dau. of John
1st Earl of Aldborough. Issue : —
i. Mervyn Edward John Wingfield-Stratford,
6. 17 Sept., 1883.
i. Maud Frances Jane Wingfield-Stratford.
ii. Agnes Mary Wingfield-Stratford.
iii. Murielle Victoria Alethe Wingfield-Stratford.
iv. Hermione Wingfield-Stratford.
(2.) Blanche Lucia Montgomery, m. 8 April, 1891, Edward
Harry Hayes, of Hardington, Natal, 2nd son of
George Bevan Hayes, of Klipspruit, Natal, son of
the Rev. James Haye^, M.A., Vicar of Wybunbury,
Cheshire, and has a dau. : —
Virginia Lucia Hayes.
(3.) Dulcia Gabiiella Montgomery, d. in infancy, 19
July, 1865.
(4.) Grace Dorothea Montgomery, m. 16 Dec, 1891, Richard
Neville Wingfield-Stratford, of Wingfield, Nalal,
6th son of John Wingfield-Stratford, J. P., D.L.,
of Addington Place, Ken*-j by Jane, dau. of General
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Sir John Wright Guise, Bart., G.C.B., of Elmore
Court, Gloucestershire and has : —
i. Esme John Richard Wingfield-Stratford, 6. 12
Feb., 1897,
ii. Georgina Grace Ida Wingfield-Stratford.
(5.) Muriel Constance Montgomery, d. in infancy, 15
Oct., 1868.
(6.) Istere Octavia Montgomery, m. 24 Feb. 1897,
^ Reginald Dewhurst, of Apsley, Natal, 3rd son of
Henry Dewhurst, of Fartown Hall, Hudders field, and
Highfield, Eastbourne, and has a dau. : —
Istere Dewhurst.
(7.) Alexandra Rogeria Louisa Montgomery, in. 23 Feb.,
1905, Frank Foxton Beaumont, of Skirbeck, Ixopo,
Natal, only son of William Foxton Beaumont, of
Skirbeck, Weymouth, and had : —
William Alexander Beaumont, h. 30 March,
1906, d. 2 April, 1906.
(8.) Edith Lavinia Decima Montgomery.
(9.) Irene Sibyl Theresa Montgomery.
VI. Thomas Montgomery, h. 7 May, 1818, d. same day.
VII. Mark Anthony Montgomery, Ensign 67th Regt., b. 9 Sept., 1823,
killed by a fall from his horse, 26 April, 1844.
I. Anna Maria Montgomery, b. 24 May, 1809, m. 15 June, 1832,
her cousin, George Alcock Nixon, M.D., and d, 7 April, 1842,
leaving issue, see p. 73.
II. Mary Montgomery, 6. 13 Feb., 1813, m. 8 June, 1841, Robert
Adams, M.D., Surgeon in Ordiaary to the Queen in Ireland,
and d. 29 May, 1851, having had by him, who d. 13 Jan., 1875,
two sons and three daus. : —
1. Robert Adams, Lieut. 98th Regt., d. 24 April, 1880.
2. Samuel Adams.
1. Mary Alicia Adams, m. 1st, 28 April, 1869, Capt. Thomas
Coote, of Racconnell House, Co. Monaghan^ J.P., D.L.,
High Sheriff, Co. Monaghan, 1869, sod of Major Thomas
Coote, of Brandrum, same Co., J.P., D.L., and by him
who d. 18 Jan., 1880, had with other issue : —
(1.) Thomas Coote, /■. 1870, m. and has issue.
She m. 2nd, 9 Sept., 1882, James Charles Wolfe, eldest son
of the Veil. John Charles Wolfe, D.D., Archdeacon of
Clogher and Rector of Clontibret, Co. Monaghan, and had
issue : —
(1.) John Charles Wolfe, h, 14 Juno. d. 26 Aug., ISm.
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(2.) James Charles Wolfe, b. 20 Oct., 1884.
(3.) Richard Straubenzie Wolfe, b. 7 Dec, 1886, d. 28
Sept., 1888.
(1.) Nora Dorothy Wolfe, d. 11 Sept., 1888.
(2.) Eileen Wolfe.
2. Anna Charlotte Adams, m. 9 Dec, 1873, Edward Richardson,
of Poplar Vale, Co. Monaghan, J.P., D.L., High Sheriff,
1871, Lieut, list and 80th Regts., eldest son of Capt.
John Richardson, 40th and 83rd Regts., by Frances,
dau. of George Jacson, of Barton Hall. Lancashire, and
by him, who d. U July, 1883, had at her death, 19 March
1882, u^sue :—
(1.) Edward John Richardson, of Poplar Vale, J.P., D.L.,
High Sheriff, 1902, Capt. 5th Batt. Royal Irish
Fusiliers, b. U Sept., 1874.
(2.) Robert Adams Richardson, b. 19 Dec, 1875, d. unm.
in South Africa, 26 July, 1899.
(3.) Charles Roger Richardson, 6. 24 Feb., 1879.
(4.) George Clements Kirkwood Richardson, b. 31 Dec,
1880.
(1.) Frances Dorothy Richardson, d. young, 1877.
(2.) Mary Eleanor Richardson.
3. Jane Caroline Adams, m. 3 April, 1867, Colonel Frank
Edmund West, Madras Staff Corps, youngest son of John
Beatty West, Q.C.,M.P. for Dublin, 1841-2 (see also p. 114),
and by him, who d. 2 Oct., 1885, had at her death, 23
April, 1906, issue : —
(1.) Victor Robert Beatty West, Capt. 5th Batt. Royal
Irish Fusiliers, b. Aug., 1871.
(1.) Hilda Mary Caroline West, m. 28 Aug., 1889, Theodo- e
Dickson Browne, M.D., of Benburb, Co. Tyrone,
and has had issue : —
i. Francis William Henry Browne, h. 29 May,
1890, d. 8 Jan., 1906.
ii. Alexander Edward West Browne, h. 10 June,
1893, d. Sept., 1895.
iii. Theodore Victor Browne, b. 29 July, 1897.
i. Hilda Theodore Geraldine Mabel Browne.
(2.) Elma Jane Geraldine West.
(3.) Zelda Aune Frances West.
(4.) Sylvia Violet West.
(5.) Ethel Maude West,
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III. Elizabeth Montgomery, b. 29 Dec, 1820, m. 23 May, 1845, James
Power, of Colehill House, Co. Longford, and has issue.
IV. Jane Caroline Montgomery, b. 14 Dec, 1824, d. 20 May, 1889.
The eldest son of Major Alexander Nixon- Montgomery (p, 77), was :—
ALEXANDER MONTGOMERY, of Kilquade House, Delgany, Co.
Wicklow, J.P., Co. Monaghan, High Sheriff, Co. Monaghan, 1832,
B.A.,T.C.D., b. 17 May, 1808, m. 8 Oct., 1846, Henrietta, dau. of Major
Randal Stafford, of Tully House, Co. Cavan, by Letitia, eldest dau.
of Colonel the Hon. Arthur Cole-Hamilton, of Beltrim, Co. Tyrone,
son of John, 1st Lord Mountflorence, and brother of William
Willoughby, 1st Earl of Enniskillen. Mr. Montgomery d. 25 June, 1881,
and his widow d. 5 Sept., 1894, having had a son : —
ALEXANDER MONTGOMERY, of Kilquade House, b. 12 May.
1851, m. 4 April, 1873, Mary, dau. of Major William Lane, and great-
grand-dau. of Colonel George Lane, of Lanespark, Co. Tipperary, and
d. 27 Dec, 1878, having had issue : —
I. Alexander Montgomery, d. young, (5 June, 1877.
II. ALEXANDER RANDAL WILLIAM, his heir.
The younger son :—
ALEXANDER RANDAL WILLIAM MONTGOMERY, 6. 27 Oct.,
1878, is the present representative, in the male line, of the Nixons
of Nixon Hall, descended from Thomas Nixon, of Kingstown, Co.
Fermanagh, 3rd son of George Nixon, of Granshagh.
THE EEV. ANDREW NIXON.
1710-1774.
From a MiiiUitun, dated 1761, in iJOS)<i.'mon of tin' Fav. T. Efxhinc Swunzij.
MARIANNE.
Daughter of the Kev. Mathew French, and wife of tlie
Mev. Andrew Nixon.
From a Miniattirc, doted 1761, in ijotsscssio/i of tlie Fov. 7. Ershiin Sv:ainii.
To face p. 83.
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CHAPTER VI.
Nixon of Nixon Lodge. Swanzy of Avelreagh.
The youngest son of Thomas Nixon, of Kingstown (see p. 66), was : —
THE REV. ANDREW NIXON, of Nixon Lodge (or Artonagh),
Drumlane, near Belturbet, Co. Cavan, Vicar of Ahamplish, diocese of
■Elphir, 6. 1710, son of Thomas, " Leuteiiantis," educated at EnnLskillen .
under Dr. Adams, entered Trinity College, Dublin, 19 June, 1726, aged
16, B.A., 1730, m., prerogative marriage licence bond 10 March, 1737,
Marianne, elder dau. and co-heiress of the Rev. Matbew French, B.A.,
Prebendary of Kilroot, Co. Antrim,* only son of Mathew French, of
Dublin, who was uncle of Humphrey French, M.P. for Dublin and
Lord Mayor of that city, " the Good Lord Mayor," and 2nd son of
Mathew French, of Belturbet, High Sheriff, Co. Cavan, 1677, see Part
I., Family of French, p. 19. Mr. Nixon, who lived most of his life in
Belturbet, acquired considerable landed property in Cos. Cava.n - and
Fermanagh, some of which was purchased with money left to him
by his brother, the Rev. Adam Nixon, in 1767. He d. at
Belturbet, 6 Jan., 1774, and his successor, the Rev. Matthew
Browne, was collated to Ahamplish the same month, in room of
the Rev. Andrew Nixon, deceased. {The Public Gazetteer, 1 Feb., 1774).
His will, dated 18 Dec, 1773, was proved in the Prerogative Court,
22 Jan., 1774. See Appendix IV. His widow, Marianne Nixon, d.
in Grafton St., Dublin, 15 March, 1775, and her will, dated 24 Nov.,
1774, was not proved till 28 Nov., 1777, by Alexander Nixon of Nixon
Hall, the nephew and executor. Their descendant, the Rev. T. Erskine
Swanzy, has miniatures of Andrew Nixon and his wife, dated 1761,
here reproduced. The Re-sT. Andrew Nixon had issue f (besides another
son Brinsley Nixon, d. intestate, admon. granted to his father, 15 April,
1765) four sons and three daus., viz. : —
I. HUMPHREY, of whom presently, p. 86.
I.I. Mathew Nixon, of Ballyhaise and Annagh, Co. Cavan, J. P., Co.
Cavan, 4 March, 1778, Ensign 61st Foot, (Gray's Regt.), 28
Feb., 1766, m., marriage licence bond 6 Dec, 1769, Elizabeth,
* Chancery Bill, 28 March. 173'J, Tisdali v. Nixon, Fanning and French.
t Burke'9 Landed Gentry, 1863, voU tl., p. I08(i. slatcb that the Kov.. Andrew
Nixon had married before, and was fathei" of Andrew, ancestor of the Brinsley
Nixons. This is disproved by a Chancery Bill, 20 Dec, 170(3, Nixon v. Nixon, see
further, p. 138
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dau. of Edward Reilly, of Tullyco, Co. Cavan, and widow of
Marshall Mee, eldest son of John Mee, of Butler's Bridge,
Co. Cavan.* Mr. Nixon d. s. p. I. 1 Jan., 18(X),t and was
buried at Belturbet on the 3rd. •
III. Adam Nixon, of Greeny, Co. Cavan, Ensign 53rd Foot, 20 Feb.,
1767, Cornet 13th Light Dragoons, 6 June, 1770, ni. Rose,
dau. of Richard Phepoe, of Dublin, J and d. intestate 30 May,
1808, § admon. granted 19 Aug., 1808, having had two sons : — 1|
1. Richard Phepoe Nixon, Lieut. 19th Regt., 7 Aug., 1807, and
Adjutant of the Regt., b. about 1770, will dated at Point
de Galle- Ceylon, 22 May, 1810, in which he leaves his
property of Kilmore, Co. Cavan, to his cousin, James
Swanzy, of Austin Friars, Loudon (see p. 103). R. P.
Nixon d. before 7 Sept., 1810, but the will, of which
James Swanzy and Harry Swanzy were executors, was
not proved till 29 April, 1815.
2. Andrew Nixon, b. aboTit 1771, must have d. before 19 Aug.,
1808, when R. P. Nixon was his father's only next of kin.
IV. GEORGE, of Lurgan Lodge, Co. Cavan, High Sheriff, Co.
Fermanagh, 1785, for whose marriages and descendants,
see p. 96.
L ANNE, m. settlements ^ 10 Oct., 1765, Henry Swanzy, of
Avelreagh, and Harrymount, Co. Monaghan, and d. 4 Feb.,
1822, having had ten children, for whom and their descendants,
see pp. 99-127.
IT. Frances Nixon, who lived from 1765 with her sister Mrs. Swanzy**
imtil 1822. She d. unm. at Maytone, Co. Armagh, the
residence of her niece, Mrs. Mather, and was buried in the
Swanzy vault at Clontibret, 22 Oct., 1830, aged 80. Will
dated 11 Feb., 1822.
IIL Barbara Nixon, m. 8 Dec, 1778, Isaiah Corry, of Ballytrain,
Co. Monaghan, uncle of Colonel Thomas Charles Stewart
Corry, of Rockcorry Castle, M.P. for Co. Monaghan, and son
of the Rev. John Corry, J.P., of Fairfield, Rockcorry, Co.
Monaghan. Mr. Corry's will, dated 16 Dec. 1811, was proved
28 April, 1820, executors his nephews James Swanzy and
Henry Swanzy, also Arthur Irwin and Barbara Corry. Mrs.
* Chancery Bill, 12 June, 1772, Nixon v. Mee.
t Exchequer Bill, G March, 1807, King v. Swanzy.
^f Exchequer Bill, 14 Feb., 1784, Nixon v. Heame.
§ House of Lords' Joiu-nals, 1817, p. 182a, Hamilton v. Swanzy.
II Chancery Bill, 27 May, 1791, Adam Nixon v. Rev. Charles Meares.
^[ Chancery Bill, 29 July, 1775, Swanzy v. Fetherston. .
** Exchequer Bill 30 Jan., 1779, Henry Swanzy and Anne bis wife, V.Humphrey
Nixon, of Nixon Lodge, and Alexander Nixon, of Nixon Hall.
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Corry, who was his second wife, d. June, 1826, having
had one son and nine daus., viz. : —
1. Mathew Nixon Corry, sometime of Rockcorry, and of
Armagh, m. 31 Aug., 1826, Maria, dau. of Major Thomas
Baylis, Deputy Assistant Adjutant General at Dublin,
She d. 1845.
1. Maria Corry, m. 1st in April, 1805, William Cuming, of
Rockfield, Co. Down, who d. before 1809,J and 2nd
Patrick Reynolds. She d. s. p. 10 June, 1812,
2. Barbara Corry, m. Robert Campbell, and had : —
(1.) William Cuming Campbell.
(1.) Maria Campbell, d. young.
3; Prudentia Corry, m. James Shannon.
4. Georgina Corry.
5. Sophia Corry, d. 3 April, 1815, in her 21st year.
0. Emilia Corry, m. 25 May, 1818, Burton Tandy, of Morning-
ton House, Co. Meath, and d. May, 1861, having had four
sons and five daus. : —
(1.) Burton Tandy, b. 18 June, 1824, killed in the
American war, 1861, unm.
(2.) John Siree Tandy, b. 11 March, 1829, d. unm., 1852.
(3.) Isaiah Stewart Corry Tandy, of Mornington House,
and of Kilnahoura, Ballyhooly, Co. Cork, 6. 27 Feb.,
1831, m. 1862 Jane Charlotte, 3rd dau. of Capt.
Richard Gethin Creagh Coote, 54th Regt., son of Major
Fyre Coote, 27th Regt., who was nephew of General
Sir Eyre Coote, K.B., Commander in Chief in India.
Mr. Tandy d. 26 Sept., 1876, and his wife d. 29 Jan.,
1892, having had issue : —
i. Richard Gethin Siree Tandy, b. 23 June, 1865,
(i. U Oct., 1883.
ii. Aubrey Belmore Corry Tandy, b. 8 June, 1868,
(?. 23 March, 1884.
iii. Isaiah Stewart Corry Tandy, b. 23 Aug., 1869,
m. 30 Jan., 1900, Ada, eldest dau. of
Frederick D. Davies, and has : —
1. Frederick Stewart Corry Tandy, b. 30 Dec,
1900.
1. Noel Tandy.
2. Florence Tandy.
* Chancery BUI, 27 Jan., 1813, M'Clean v. Corry.
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i, Elizabeth Jane Corry Tandy, m. 19 July, 1889,
Robert Edward Bullen, son of Edward
Harnett Bullen, of Ballythomas, Co. Cork,
by Theodosia Isabella, dau. of Capt. Richard
Gethin Creagh Coote, see p. 85. He d. 15
March, 1904, leaving issue : —
1. Gerald Bullen.
2. Robert Bullen.
1. Marjorie Bullen.
ii. Kathleen Marion Corry Tandy, m. 26 April,
1902, Henry F. Chidley, B.A., Solicitor, of
Dublin.
iii. AUce Maud Corry Tandy.
iv. Mary Emily Corry Tandy, m. 7 Nov., 1900,
Charles Cranswick, of Bridlington, Yorkshire,
3rd son of William Cranswick, of Field House,
Sowerby.
(4). Richard Sydney Tandy, h. 16 Dec, 1834, d. aged 7.
(1). Sophia Tandy, m. 1st., 16 Aug., 1839, Thomas Monck
Cobbe, 2nd son of General George Cobbe, R.H.A.,
who was grandson of Colonel Thomas Cobbe, M.P.,
of Newbridge, Co. Dublin, by Lady Elizabeth
Beresford, dau. of Marcus, 1st Earl of Tyrone, and
sister of George, 1st Marquis of Waterford. She m.
2nd Birney, and d. s. p.
(2). Eliza Tandy, d. 1822, aged 2.
(3). Emily Tandy, m. 1st Moorhead, and 2nd John
Uniacke.
(4). Catherine Corry Tandy, d. 1853.
(5). Alicia Cooper Tandy, m. John Brennan.
7. Julia Corry, m. 18 Sept., 1826, John Siree, of Gloucester
St., Dublin.
8. Harriet Corry.
9. Catherine Corry.
The eldest son of the Rev. Andrew Nixon and Marianne French,
(p. 83), was : —
HUMPHREY NIXON, of Nixon Lodge, Belturbet, Co. Cavan, and
Drummarriet, Co. Fermanagh, High Sheriff of Co. Cavan, 1777, and Co.
Fermanagh, 1784, J.P. Co. Cavan 4 July, 1767, Lieut. 51st Regt.,
half pay, 1763, educated by Dr. Gouldsbury, entered Trinity College,
Dubhn, 9 Oct., 1757, aged 18, but did not graduate, m. at Ballymena,
8 Aug., 1781, Anne, sister of the Right Hon. Sir John Stewart, Bart.,
of Ballygawley, Co. Tyrone, M.P. for Augher, 1794-98, Bangor 1798,
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and Co. Tyrone in five Parliaments from 1801 to 1826, Attorney-
General for Ireland, and eldest dau. of the Rev. Hugh Stewart, Rector
of Termonmagiiirk, diocese of Armagh, by Sarah, dau. of the Rev.
Andrew Hamilton, D.D., of Donagheady, Co. Tyrone, by his wife,
dau. and heiress of Sir William Con^mgham, Bart., Humphrey Nixon*
d. 12 June, 1810, and was buried at Belturbet, having had two sons and
six daus., viz. : —
I. Humphrey Stewart Nixon, of Nixon Lodge, High Sheriff Co.
Fermanagh 1809, J.P. Co. Cavan 25 March, 1814, Capt.
Fermanagh Militia 31 July, 1808, b. 8 Aug., 1787, m. at
Moneyglass, 11 June, 1807, Britannia, fourth dau. of Colonel
Thomas Morris-Jones, of Moneyglass, Co. Antrim, High
Sherifi Co. Armagh, 1779, J.P. Co. Antrim, (by Letitia,
only dau. of Charles Hamilton, of Mount] oy and Belcoo, Co.
Fermanagh) son of Thomas Morris-Jones, of Moneyglass,
(by Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Robert Cope, of Loughgall, Co.
Armagh, M.P. Co. Ai-magh, by Elizabeth, only dau. of Sir
Wilham'Fownes, Bart., of Woodstock, Co. Kilkenny, Lord
Mayor of Dublin, 1708) only son of William Morris- Jones, of
Moneyglass, the famous " Bumper Squire Jones " of Dawson's
song. Capt. NLxon sold Nixon Lodge,t and went to Australia.
He had by her, who had d. about 1840, seven sons and four
daus. : —
1. Humphrey Robert Nixon, of Millview, Belturbet, h. 1809,
m. 1 Nov., 1837, Maria, sister of Sir Hew Crawfurd-
Pollok, Bart., of Pollok Castle, Renfrewshire, and dau.
of Capt. Hew Crawfurd, of Balgray House, same Co.
Mr. Nixon d. s. p. 11 April, 1853, and his widow d. 13
May, 1869.
2. Thomas Nixon, drowned while bathing in Drumlane Lake,
15 June, 1846.
3. Henry Nixon, d. in the West Lidies.
4. George Nixon, bapt. at Drumlane, 9 July, 1820.
5. WiUiam Nixon, 6. 29 April, 1823, d. young.
6. William Nixon, 6. 16 Nov., 1824, went to Australia.
7. Robert Nixon, d. in Adelaide about 1902.
memory of Owen KouTKC, wnou p master, m
The property extended over 428 ''''""'^'^^"Xund Nixon Lodge, on he
fiS '^Sa^ wi rrilmertf, ^S^co^^^^ ot up..rd,^f 30,000
registered trees.
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1. Letitia Nixon, m. Feb., 1833 Major James Baillie, J. P., of
Carrig Hill, Belturbet, 38th Regt., and Royal South
Down Militia, who d. 12 June, 1857, aged 83.
2. Anna Nixon, bapt. 1816, d. in Dublin, 11 Dec, 1831.
3. Britannia Nixon, bapt. 1 Aug., 1817. m. her first cousin,
Charles Henry Crookshank, son of the Rev. Charles Henry
Crookshank, Rector of TyhoUand, Co. Monaghan (by
Harriet, 7th dau. of Colonel Thomas Morris-Jones, of
Moneyglass), 4th son of the Hon. Alexander Crookshank,
M.P. for Belfast, one of the Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas in Ireland. Mr. Crookshank d. at Penwortham,
near Adelaide, South Australia, 1867, and his widow
d. s. p. about 1896.
4. Helen Nixon, bapt. 31 Jan., 1819.
II. Henry Stewart Nixon, Lieut. 10th Regt., 15 March, 1810, Lieut,
in army, 15 Sept., 1808, half pay 25 June, 1816, d. Feb., 1840.
I. Sarah Nixon, m. Jan., 1805, Nicholas ElUs, of Lisnaroe, Clones,
son of Hercules Ellis, by Frances, dau. of Nicholas Coddington,
of Oldbridge, Co. Meath, by Mary, dau. of Henry Tenison,
M.P. for Monaghan, eldest son of the Most Rev. Richard
Tenison, D.D., Bishop of Meath. They had two sons and five
daus. : —
1. Hercules Ellis, of HoUycourt, Blackrock, Barrister-at-law,
author of The Songs of Ireland (Dublin, 1849) d. 28 Aug.,
1879.
2. Thomas Ellis.
1. Anna Ellis.
2. Frances Ellis, m. 1830, Edward Kellett, son of Robert
Kellett, of Waterstown, Co. Meath, and went to
Australia, where she d. having had issue : —
(1.) Robert Kellett, d.
(2.) Edward Kellett.
(3.) William Kellett,
(4.) James Kellett.
(1.) Mary Kellett, m. Mr. Beit, and was killed in a
carriage accident.
(2.) Sarah Kellett, m. 1st Mr. Beit, and 2nd Mr. Cruise,
and had a son, by her first marriage.
(3.) Frances Kellett, m. Mr. Woodward, and had two
sons and a dau.
(4.) Fredsweda Kellett, m. Mr. Cruise, brother of her
sister's husband, and had twin sons.
3. Maria Ellis.
4. Eliza Rebecca Ellis.
5. Harriet Ellis, d. 12 Feb., 1899.
II. Marianne Nixon, m. 1st, in June, 1804, Thomas Morris-Jones-
Hamilton, Capt. Antrim Militia, 2nd son of Colonel Thomas
Morris-Jones. He d. s. p., v. p., from a fall from his horse,
12 Oct., 1807, and she m. 2nd at Ahoghill, 10 Dec, 1811,
Edward Hudson, of Loughbrickland, Co. Down, and
Gardiner's Place, Dublin, son of the Rev. Edward Hudson,
Rector of Portglenone, Co. Antrim, By her 2nd husband,
who d. 1 Nov., 1817, and was buried at Loughbrickland, she
had, at her death, 11 Jan., 1867, two sons and two daus. : —
!. Edward Hudson, of Trentham, Leopardstown, Co. Dublin,
Solicitor, m. 12 July, 1853, his cousin, Emily Eleanor,
3rd dau. of the Rev. William Grattan, by Anna Selina,
dau. of Humphrey Nixon, of Nixon Lodge, and d. -30
Sept., 1896, having had by her, who d. 30 Oct., 1894.
issue : —
(1.) Edward Hudson, d. in Australia.
(2.) William Herbert Hudson.
(l.) Anne Hudson.
(2.) Mary Florence Hudson, m. 28 Oct., 1890, the Rev.
Francis Henry John Dopping, M.A., of Erne Head,
Co. Longford, Vicar of Columbkill, only son of Robert
Dopping, of Erne Head, by Frances, dau. of Robert
Jessop, of Mount Jessop, Co. Longford. She d.
Nov., 1894, and her husband d. 14 May, 1907,
leaving : —
i. Dorothy Dopping.
ii. Veda Dopping.
(3.) Violet Emily Hudson, m. 30 April, 1889, her
kinsman, Richard Hassard, of Glenville, Co. Water-
ford, younger son of Michael Dobbyn Hassard, M.P.
for Waterford, 1856-66, by Anne, dau. of Sir Francis
John Hassard, Barrister-at-law, (see p. 67). He
d. s. p. 4 Nov., 1892.
(4.) Adela Louise Hudson, m. 23 Dec, 1904, William
Paulle Edwards Whitford, son of John Whitford,
of Penzance, Cornwall, and has a dau.
2. Humphrey Hudson, M.D., Assistant Surgeon, Bombay Army,
H.E.I.C.S., d. 27 May, 1845.
1. Letitia Hudson, t)i. 5 March, 1844, Philip Emmanuel
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Brabazon, Surgeon, Co. Down Infirmary^ eldest son of
Charles Brabazon, of Neillstown, Co. Dublin, and d. his
widow 23 June, 1900.
2. Maria Elizabeth Hudson, m. 20 June, 1844, her cousin John
Thomas Hamill- Stewart, of Ballyatwood, Co. Down,
grandson of the Rev. Henry Stewart, D.D., Rector of
Loughgilly, Co. Armagh, who was brother of the Right
Hon. Sir John Stewart, Bart., and of Mrs. Humphrey
Nixon (see p. 86). Mr. Hamill -Stewart d. 10 June,
1866, and his widow d. 4 Dec, 1904, having had six
children : —
(1.) John Donald Hamill- Stewart, C.M.G. (1881), Lieut.-
Colonel 11th Hussars, of Ballyatwood, Vice-Consul
at Anatolio, h. 15 Oct., 1845, murdered on the Nile,
Sept., 1884.
(2.) Henry Edward Hamill- Stewart, w. 3 Sept., 1896,
Geraldine Mary, elder dau. of the Rev. Robert Keith
Arbuthnot, Vicar of St. James', Ratcliff, London,
3rd son of Sir Robert Keith Arbuthnot, Bart., by
Anne, dau. of Field-Marshal Sir John Forster
Fitzgerald, G.C.B., and has a son : —
Donald Henry Hamill-Stewart, h. 6 Aug., 1900.
(3.) Hans Mark Hamill-Stewart, B.A., Barrister at law,
6. 1853.
(1.) Mary Frances Hamill-Stewart, m. 13 March, 1880,
Lieut. -Colonel Frederick Kevan Izod, 4th Batt.
Leinster Regt., fifth son of Lorenzo Nickson Izod, of
Chapel Izod, Co. Kilkenny, J.P., D.L., by Elizabeth
Catherine, dau. of Sir Henry Robert Carden, Bart.,
of Templemore Abbey, Co. Tipperary. Colonel
Izod d. 8 May, 1904, leaving issue : —
i. Kevan Wilham Izod, Lieut. Loyal North
Lancashire Regt., 6. 11 Oct., 1885.
i. Lucia Elizabeth Izod.
ii. May Constance Izod.
(2.) Harriet Louisa Hamill-Stewart.
(3.) Ada Letitia Hamill-Stewart.
III. Anna Selina Nixon, m.. 1808, the Rev. William Grattan, of
Sylvan Park, and Bensfort, Co. Meath, and Swanlinbar House,
Co. Cavan, son of WilUam Grattan, of Sylvan Park, High
Sheriff, Co. Meath, 1778, son of Charles Grattan, F.T.C.D.
(who was one of " the seven Grattans," Swift's friends, and
great uncle of the Right Hon. Henry Grattan, M.P.) by his
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wife, Mary, sister of Benjamin Copeland, of Bensforfc, High
Sheriff, Co. Meath, 1751 (see note, p. 29). She d. 9 March,
1870, and her husband d. March, 1844, having had three sons
and five daus. : —
1. William Grattan, d. at Sligo School, 6 Nov., 1825, in his
16th year.
2. Copeland Grattan.
3. Humphrey Grattan, m. Sophia Biggs, who d. 30 June,
1887, and d. at Gowangardie, Victoria, 1907, aged 83,
having had a son : —
Wilham Grattan, m. and had issue.
1. Anna Grattan, m. 1 July, 1835, the Rev. William Prior
Moore, M.A,, sometime Head Master of the Royal School,
Cavan, son of the Rev. John Moore, and d. 22 Oct., 1899,
in her 87th year, having had by him, who d. 9 Jan.,
1896, four sons and eight daus.:—
(1.) William Prior Moore m., and has issue.
(2.) Frederick Flood Moore, L.R.C.P. and L.M., L.R.C.I.,
Osea Island, Essex, m. 13 July, 1876, Harriett. 2nd
dau. of Major-General Richard Stewart Dobbs,
Madras Army, son of the Rev. Richard Stewart
Dobbs, by Harriet, dau. of Alexander Macaulay, by
the Hon. Julia Acheson, dau. of Archibald, 1st
Viscoimt Gosford. Issue : —
i. Frederick Grattan Moore, Capt. Indiaii Army,
served in the Tirah Campaign 1897-8, (medal
with two clasps) and in China, 1900 (medal),
h. 26 April, 1877, m. 14 Oct., 1907, Marian
Charlotte Gertrude, youngest dau. of the
Very Rev. WilUam Henry Stone, M.A., Dean
of Kilmore.
ii. Arthur Gordon Moore, 6. 19 June, 1885, d. 10
Oct., 1903.
i. LiUan Harriett Moore,
ii. Winifred Ethel Moore.
(3.) Henry Grattan Moore (Rev.), B.D., T.C.D., Rector of
Christchurch, Winnetka, Chicago, U.S.A., m. 13 Aug.,
1879, Elizabeth Avis, dau. of Thomas Wilkinson, of
Enuiscorthy, Co. Wexford, and has issue : —
i. Gerald Moore,
i. Kathleen M. Moore.
(4.) Edward Erskine Stone Moore, M.D., B.Ch., B.A.,
T.C.D., Resident Medical Officer Donegal Asylum, h.
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20 Oct., 1857, m. 5 June, 1890, Nichola Margaret
Jane, 2nd dau. of the Rev. Morgan Woodward Jellett,
LL.D., Canon oi Christchurch, and Rector of St.
Peter's, Dublin, son of Morgan Woodward Jellett, of
Moira, Co. Down, and Aughnacairney, Co. Tyrone,
eldest son of the Rev. Matthew Jellett, of Moira, and
nephew of the Rev. Franc Sadleir, D.D., Provost of
Trinity College, Dublin. Issue : —
i. Edward Morgan Jellett Moore, h. 22 Feb.,
1894.
i. Nina Joyce Moore.
(1.) Selina Elizabeth Moore, m. 24 Jan., 1872, the Right
Rev. Samuel Shone, D.D., Bishop of Kilmore, son of
Samuel Shone, of Galway, by Margaret, dau. of
William Tynte Austen, of The Grange, Fermoy,
Co. Cork. The Bishop of Kilmore resigned his see
in 1897, and d. s. p. 5 Oct., 1901.
(2.) Anna Maria Moore, m. 6 July, 1859, her cousin
James Francis Collins, son of the Very Rev. James
Collins, D.D., Dean of Killala, by Elizabeth, dau. of
the Rev. Josiah Erskine, by Marianne, dau. of Henry
Swanzy, and Anne, his wife, dau. of the Rev. Andrew
Nixon, of Nixon Lodge. They have issue, for whom
see p. 121.
(3.) Harriett Louisa Moore.
(4.) Fanny Arabella Moore, m. 5 July, 1883, John
Cooke, M.A., and has issue : —
i. Henry Grattan Cooke, b. 1885, d. 1903.
i. Ivy Hilda Cooke.
(5.) Emily Eleanor Moore, m. 23 Oct., 1882, Alexander
Richmond Norton, Manager Ulster Bank, Dublin,
and had issue : —
i. Arthur William Richmond Norton, b. 1 July,
1885.
ii. Edward George Norton, b. 16 Jan., 1888.
i. Eleanor Maud Norton, d. 23 Jan., 1902.
ii. Dorothy Rose Norton, d. 8 Jan., 1897.
(6.) Charlotte Elizabeth Moore, m. 4 June, 1895, the
Rev. Thomas Boland, Incumbent of Achill, diocese of
Tuam.
(7.) Susan Helen Alexandrina Moore.
(8.) Sophia de Moleyns Moore, m. 16 Oct., 1878, Colonel
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George Cadell Dobbs, Indian Army, youngest son o
Major-General Richard Stewart Dobbs, and has
issue : —
i. Cecil Moore Dobbs, B.A., Jun. Mod., T.C.D.,
1904.
ii. Hugh Cathcart Dobbs, Lieut. Indian Armv,
h. 9 Aug., 1884.
2. Mary Anne Grattan, m. 20 Feb., 1844, the Rev. Orange
Stirhng Kellett, M.A., Incumbent of Tomregan, diocese
of Kihnore, and Rural Dean, 4th son of Robert Kellett,
of Waterstown, Co. Meath, by Mary Jane, dau. of James
Kellett, of Spandan, Co. Meath, and by him, who d.
12 Oct., 1897, aged 87, had at her death, .JO Oct., 1905,
one son and three daus. : —
(1.) Robert Guy Kellett, L.K.Q.C.P.I., L.R.C.S.I., h. G
Nov., 1846, m. 19 April, 1870, Anna Maria, 2nd dau.
of the Rev. James Morgan, Vicar of Talgarth,
Brecknockshire, and has issue : —
i. Orme Stirling James Kellett, h. 8 July, 187^.
ii. Morgan Grattan Kellett, h. 29 Dec, 1881.
i. Ethel Marianne Kellett.
ii. Mabel Gwendohne Kellett.
iii. Violet Emily Kellett.
iv. Selina Florence Kellett.
(1.) Anna Selina Kellett, m. 20 Feb., 1867, Surgeon-
Major Frederick Aston Oakes, 56th Pompadours,
and by him, who d. 31 May, 1879, had issue : —
i. Frederick Kellett Oakes, h. 4 July 187i, d,
18 March, 1874.
ii. Henry Kellett Oakes, 6. 8 Nov., 1874.
iii. Norman Aston Oakes, h. 7 Oct., 1876.
iv. Stirling Kellett Oakes, 6. 14 March, 1878, d.
22 March, 1902.
v. Frederick Aston Oakes, h. 2 Jan., 1880, d.
30 Dec, 1894.
i. Marion Catherine Oakes, m. 13 Aug., 1904,
John Dashwood Evered, 3rd son of Capt. John
Guy Courtenay Evt-red, R.N., of Barford
Park, Somerset, 2nd son of Robert Guy
Evered, of Hill House, Somerset, J.P., D.L.
ii. Selina Mabel Oakes, m. 21 July, 1897, the Rev.
Tooke Johnson Luscombe, B.D., Curate in
charge of Glazeley, Herefordshire, elder son
of T. C. Luscombe, and has issue : —
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1. Marion Catherine Luscorabe.
2. Violet Mary Victoria Luscombe. i .
3. Beryl Selina Victoria Luscombe. |
(2.) Mary Kellett.
(3.) Henrietta Matilda Kellett.
3. Emily Eleanor Grattan^ m. 12 July, 1853, her cousin
Edward Hudson, and had issue, see p. 89.
4. Elizabeth Grattan, m. 24 May, 1876, Richard Marshal
Sadleir, son of James Sadleir, J.P., of Breckville House,
Co. Tipperary. She d. 22 Sept., 1899.
5. Arabella Grattan, d. unm. 25 Aug., 1849.
IV. Catherine Nixon, m. 1st her cousin, George Nixon, of Nixon
Hall, Co. Fermanagh, High Sheriff 1804, who d. 11 Oct., 1818,
having had issue (see p. 69), and 2nd 1822, Charles Ovenden,
M.D., of Enniskillen, and d. 11 Nov., 1839, having had by her
second marriage two sons : —
1. Humphrey Ovenden, killed by a shooting accident at
Rossfad, Co. Fermanagh, unm.
2. Henry Walter Ovenden, British Consul at Baltimore, d.
unm. 1863.
V. Ehzabeth Nixon, buried at Belturbet, 20 July, 1820, aged 28.
VI. Emily Nixon, m. at Drumlane, 26 June, 1815, the Rev. Charles
Lyons-Montgomery, M.A., Rector of Innismagrath, diocese
of Kilmore, J.P., Co. Cavan, younger son of Hugh Lyons-
Montgomery, of Belhavel, Co. Leitrim, by the Hon. Catherine
Hamilton, eldest dau. of Richard, 4th Viscount Boyne. He d.
1859, having had issue : —
1. Hugh Lyons-Montgomery, m. 11 June, 1856, Henrietta
Constance, youngest dau. of the Rev. Henry Lucas St.
George, Rector of Dromore, Co. Tyrone, second son
of the Rev. Howard St. George, D.D., of Kilrush, Co.
Kilkenny, by Mary, dau. of Edward Lucas, of Castle
Shane, Co. Mouaghan, M.P. Co. Monaghan, 1761-5,
High Sheriff, 1752. Issue :—
(1.) Henry Lucas St. George Lyons-Montgomery, b. 2
Nov., 1859. d. unm.., 2 Jan., 1887.
(1.) Emily Laura Lyons-Montgomery, m. 7 Sept., 1898,
her cousin, William Stewart Archdall, son of Capt.
Hugh Montgomery Archdall, 52nd Regt., (by
Ehzabeth, dau. of Sir Hugh Stewart, Bart., of Bally-
gawley) grandson of Colonel Mervyn Archdall, of
Castle Archdall, Co. Fermanagh, M.P., for that Co.
in seven Parliaments from 1761 to 1802. Issue ; —
i. Mary Vera Archdall.
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ii. Charlotte Josephine Archdall.
iii. Katharine EHcia Sky Archdall.
2. Charles Nixon Lyons-Montgomery, h. 1825, d. 10 May, 1843.
3. Humphrey Lyons-Montgomery, Lieut. Cavan Militia, after-
wards twenty-three years in the Victoria Mounted PoUce,
h. 1830, w. 15 Dec, 1884, Eliza Ann, dau. of John Walsh[
of Co. Sligo, and d. 26 Nov., 1905, leaving issue : —
(1.) Lambert Lyons-Montgomery, h. 21 April, 1886.
(2.) Robert Victor Lyons-Montgomery, h. 6 July, 1893.
4. Henry Lyons-Montgomery, d. at Ballyshannon, 27 Oct.,
1887.
1. Anna Lyons-Montgomery, bapt. at Drumlane, 21 March,
1816, d. 27 Sept., 1896.
2. Sophia Lyons -Montgomery, bapt. 1 Aug., 1817, d. 28 Aug.,
1896.
3. Catherine Lyons-Montgomery, bapt. 17 Jan., 1819.
4. Emily Lyons-Montgomery m. 19 Feb., 1844, John O'Donnell,
of Larkfield, Co. Leitrim, son of Con O'Donnell, of Lark-
field, by Mary, sister of The O'Conor Don. She d. Aug.
1902, having had by him, who d. 1874, 2 sons and 5 daus. : —
(1.) Hugh O'DonneU, d. 1888.
(2.) John O'Donnell, of Larkfield, h. 1860.
(1.) Emily M. O'Donnell, m. 29 Aug., 1893, James Thomas
Hammick, Barrister-at-law, of Heene, Sussex,
son of John George Hammick, of Boxlands, Surrey,
J.P., D.L. He d. 1897.
(2.) Mary Constance O'Donnell.
(3.) Kate Frances O'Donnell, m. 3 Oct., 1878, Abraham
M'Cartney, Manager Ulster Bank, Monaghan, and
has issue : —
i. David O'Donnell M'Cartney, 6. 25 Aug., 1879.
ii. Walter St. John Fulton M'Cartney, b. 11 June, 1885.
iii. Hugh Neil M'Cartney, 6. 24 Feb., 1887.
iv. John Charles M'Cartney, h. 2 April, 1895.
i. Alice Caroline M'Cartney.
ii. Emily Elizabeth M'Cartney.
(4.) Maude O'Donnell.
(5.) AUce Caroline O'Donnell, d. Sept., 1878.
5. Elizabeth Lyons-Montgomery, m. 27 Dec, 1858, the Rev.
Julius Stirke Heam, B.A., Curate of Manorhamilton,
son of the Rev. William Edward Hearn, M.A., Vicar of
Kildrumferton, Co. Cavan. He d. 10 Aug., 1868.
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The youngest son of the Rev. Andrew Nixon, of Nixon Lodge, by
Marianne, dau. of the Rev. Mathew French (p. 83), was : —
GEORGE NIXON, of Lurgan Lodge, Virginia, Co. Cavan, and the
Graan, Co. Fermanagh, High Sheriff, Co. Fermanagh, 1785, J.P., Cos.
Cavan and Fermanagh, 11 July, 1781, matriculated at Glasgow
University, 1772,* M.A., 1774, m. lst,t at St. Mary's, Dublin, 14 April,
1774, Elinor, youngest dau. of Robert Beatty, of Cooluarty, Co. Long-
ford, by Anne, dau. of Peter Metge, of Navan, Co. Meath { and aunt
of Peter Metge, Baron of the Exchequer, M.P. for Boyle. She d. at
Spring Park, Co. Longford,^? May, 1779, and George Nixon m. 2nd, at
Enniskillen, 23 Aug., 1779, Elizabeth, only dau. of James Johnston,
of Enniskillen,! I by Jane, dau. of the Rev. "W'illiam Haire, of I)erryinch,'i
Co. Fermanagh. He d. "at his seat near Virginia," April, 1805, having
had by his second wife, seven sons and three daus. : —
I. Andrew Nixon, of Lurgan Lodge, Barrister-at-law, J. P., Co.
Cavan, 27 April, 1805, J.P., Co. Meath. entered Trinity College,
Dublin, 5 Nov., 1798, aged 16, but did not graduate, entered
Gray's Inn, London, 19 May, 1808, aged 25, m. 1802, Frances
Matilda, youngest dau. of the Rev. Charles Hare, D.D.,
F.T.C.D.. Rector of Ballymoney, Co. Antrim, and niece of
James Hare, M.P. for Knaresborough, and by her, who d.
28 Sept., 1867, had issue :—
1. Charles NixoD, went to America.
2. Andrew Nixon, of Lurgan Lodge, and afterwards of
Dublin, J.P., Co. Cavan, 6 Feb., 1845, rf. 24 Aug., 1876,
admon. granted to Mrs. Burrows, his sister.
1. Eliza Nixon, d. unm., 19 June, 1883.
2. Georgina Nixon, m. 20 May, 1852, the Rev. Thomas
Meharry.
3. Jane Nixon, Mrs. Burrows.
II. George Nixon, living 12 Dec, 1795, probably d. young.
III. French Nixon, living 12 Dec, 1795, probably d. young.
IV. JAMES, of whom presently.
V. William Nixon, of BallyjamesdufE, Co. Cavan, will dated 12 Feb.,
1818, proved 13 June, 1840.
* Wrongly entered as " lilius natu maximus " of the Rev. Andrew Nixon.
I Dublin Grant Book 1774, marriage licence 7 April. He was then of Lurgan,
Co. Cavan.
X Exchequer Bill. 24 Feb., 1778, Pakenham Beattj-, Anne and Mary Beatty,
Cleorge Nixon, and Elinor lus wife v. Peter Beatty and Peter Thompson. Robert
Beatty, of Springtown, Co. [..ongford, had m. Anne, dau. of Capt. Henry Pakenham.
of Pakenham Hall, Co. Longford, M.P. for Navan, and great-aunt of Thomas,
1st Lord Longford.
§ Freeman's Journal, 1779.
I Exchequer Bill, 29 Jan., 1794, amended 12 Dec, 1795, Deeryn v. Nixon.
^Exchequer Bill, 7 July, 1767, Johnston r. Archdall.
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VI. Humplirey Nixon, Lieut. 95th Regt., 8 July, 1813, afterwards
Co. Meath Police, m. Penelope Eliza JacksoB, and d. 16 July,
1825, aged 35. She m. 2nd, 28 Nov., 1826, John Robert
Nason.
VII. Adam Nixon, Lieut. R.N., 6. 1798, d. 6 June, 1843, buried at
Castlerahan, Ballyjamesduff.
I. Elizabeth Nixon, m. (a runaway match) 22 Oct., 1814, M.
Adelbert James D'Oisy, of Paris, Professor of Languages in
the Belfast Institution, and Consular Agent for France.
She d. 23 June, 1826.
II. Jane Nixon, of The Cottage, BallyjamesdufE, d. unm. 10 Aug.*
1859.
III. Mary Anne Nixon.
The fourth son of George Nixon, of Lurgan Lodge : —
JAMES NIXON, Lieut. R.N., was b. about 1788. He entered the
Navy 1 May, 1802, on board the Aurora, and on 11 Dec, 1807, was
present with the Sir Francis Drake, as midshipman in the destruction
at Griessee, in the Island of Java, of the dockyard and stores, and all
the men-of-war remaining to Holland in the East Indies. While Acting-
Lieut, of the Hesper sloop lie took command of her cutter on 15 Nov.,
1810, and boarded and captured the French National schooner La
Mouche, bound to the Isle of France with despatches, he and two men
only having been wounded on the BritLoh side {Gazette, 1811, p. 297) ;
and was also at the reduction of Java, where he was employed on shore
in the storming of Fort Cornelis. His commission as Lieut., bears date
3 Jan., 1812. While serving with H.M.S. Pembroke he shared in a
partial action fought with the French fleet off Toulon, 5 Nov., 1813, and
witnessed the fall of Genoa, April, 1814.* He was placed on half pay,
Aug., 1814, and did not afterwards go afloat. He m. 1817, Jane, dau.
of the Rev. Alexander Hamilton, of Co. Fermanagh, and d. 29 Sept.,
1847, aged 59, (inscription at Castlerahan) leaving by her, who d. 7
March, 1854, aged 64, issue : —
I. GEORGE, of whom presently.
I. Annabella Nixon, m. 6 Dec, 1860, Robert Hanna, of WelUngton
Road, Dublin.
II. EHza Nixon, m. 23 June, 1864, Richard Dempsey, of Mount
Prospect, Co. Cavan.
The son : —
GEORGE NIXON, M.D., Surgeon Royal Antrim ArtiUery, b. 17
March, 1820, m. 5 June, 1845, Elizabeth, dau. of Espine Ward, of Dubhn,
by his first wife, Harriet, dau. of Charles FitzGerald, of Navinstown,
* O'Bykne's Naval Biographical Dictionary, p. 817.
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Co. Kildare, and Merrion Square, Dublin, and d. 18 April, 1862, having
had, by her, who d. 4 April, 1870, with four infant children, who were
buried at Castlerahan, issue : —
I. JAMES HAMILTON FITZGERALD, of whom presently.
T. Harriett Anna Elizabeth Nixon, m. 13 April, 1871, Robert
Augustus Millner, of Cherbury, Booterstown, Co. Dublin,
and had issue : —
1. Robert Millner, 6. 5 June, 1873.
2. Frederick Millner, 6. 27 April, 1877, d. 15 May, 1902.
3. George Nixon Millner, 6. 13 Dec, 1879.
1. Kathleen Elizabeth Millner.
2. Florence Millner, d. 15 Feb., 1880.
The son : —
JAMES HAMILTON FITZGERALD NIXON, of Cragbeg, Co.
Limerick, J.P., Co. Carlow ; late Lieut. R.N.R., F.R.G.S., and Younger
Brother of The Trinity House, 6. 26 May, 1850, m. 13 Aug., 1887,
Kathleen Margaret Alsager, youngest dau. of Henry Alsager Pollock,
of Alsager, Cheshire (by Harriette, eldest dau. of William Gore, of
Goremount, Co. Antrim) only son of Lieut. -Colonel Robert Carlile
PoUock, 90th Light Infantry, formerly 27th Regt. Issue : —
I. George Alsager FitzGerald Nixon, 6. 26 March, 1892.
I. Obre Alsager FitzGerald Nixon.
fe^ms):e^QmMcma
Arms of SWANZY, „n record ill Ulster's Office.
Gules, a fesse argent between two unicorns counter-courant or. Crest — A
unicorn's head couped or, charged with a bar gemel gules.
To face p. 99.
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CHAPTER VI.—contimied.
swanzy of avelreagh.
Descendants of Anne Nixon.
The eldest dau. of the Eev. Andrew Nixon, of Nixon Lodge, Belturbet
(p. 83) by Marianne, elder dau. of the Rev. Mathew French, Prebendary
of Kilroot (p. 19), was : —
ANNE NIXON, b. 1737-8, m. settlements dated 10 Oct., 1765,* Henry
Swanzy, of Avelreagh and Harry mount, Clontibret, Co. Monaghan,
only son of James Swanzy, of Avelreagh, who was only son of Henry
Swanzy, of Avelreagh, Ensign in Colonel Arthur Upton's Regt. in the
army of "William III., commission dated 5 Feb., 1688-9.t Before her
marriage, she lived with her uncle, the Rev. Adam Nixon, Vicar of
Clontibret. During the Oak-boy agitation against tithes, 1763,abandof
the insurgents surrounded Mr. Nixon's house, and put him on a " wooden
horse," intending to take him to Castleshane, some distance off, and
make him swear that he would never exact " small dues " again. His
niece declared she would not leave him, and made the rebels put the old
man into his carriage, instead of the uncomfortable " wooden horse "
they had with them. She ordered her horse, in order that she might
accompany him, and, finding a difficulty in making her way through the
crowd, she took off her shoe, which had a very high wooden heel, and
cleared a path with it ! When they started, one of the insurgents
placed in her hat a branch of oak, which was the rebel badge. As she
was riding, it fell out twice, and twice it was replaced. The third time
it fell out, and as they were about to replace it, she said : " It's no use,
boys, what the heart does not approve of, the head won't carry." J
* Chancery Bill, 29 July, 1775, Swanzy v. Fetherston.
t For this commission, now in the possession of llrs. Swanzy, Ivy Lodge, Newry,
see Appendix V., p. 173. There was also a further commission as Lieut., now
lost. Henry Swanzy, after the conclusion of the Revolution, settled down at
Avelreagh, in the parish of Clontibret (now the residence of JMiss K. G. Swanzy,
see p. 112), and d. there 7 Aug., 1742, aged 7G, (b. about 1666), inscription on
tomb at Clontibret. His sword is in the possession of his descendant Miss Jones
(see p. 110). His will, dated 2 Aug., 1742, was proved in the diocese of Clogher
12 Oct., 1742. His wife Elizabeth d. 14 Nov., 1744. Henry Swanzy's only son,
James Swanzy, of Avelreagh, b. 1710, was married twice. His second wife was
Mary, widow of Edward Jolmston, of Killaneal, Co. Monaghan, and dau. of
Richard Seaver, of the family of Seaver of Heath Hall, Co. Armagh. Richard
Seaver's will, dated 12 April, 1767, was proved in Clogher diocese 28 Aug., 1770.
He was then living at Avelreagh. James Swanzy d. 18 June, 1784, aged 74,
leaving by his first wife, (with five daus. Elizabeth, Mrs. Irwin, who d. 7 Jan.,
1808, mother of Margaret Irwin, m., settlements 23 June, 1791, Richard Jackson,
High SherifiE, Co. Monaghan 1826 ; Rose, to. William Swanzy, and d. 16 Jan.,
1814, aged 82 ; Sarah, m. Robert Boyd, and d. 20 May, 1817, aged 81 ; ilary,
m. Ist — Rogers, and 2nd., marr. lie. bond. 16 Dec., 1771, Alexander Henry ; and
another dau. Mrs. Sh^gog) an only son HENRY, to. Anne Nixon, see above.
X Family tradition, given in speech of the late Rev. T. B. Swanzy (p. 103), 8
Nov., 1865.
g2
100
Henry Swanzy d. 26 March, 1792, aged 48, intestate, and his widow
d. at Harrymount 4 Feb., 1822, aged 85. Her will, dated 3 May, 1820,
was proved, 29 Aug., 1822. They had ten children, six sons and four
daus., viz. : —
I. Adam Swanzy, of Harrymount, Co. Monaghan, h. about 1766,
m. licence bond, dated 16 July, 1785, Rebecca Walker, of
Dublin, and d. at Cape Coast Castle, Gold Coast, West Africa,
in 1803,* leaving an only child : —
Mary Jane Swanzy, b. 1793, m. 1st, 28 Aug., 1811, William
Glenny, of Newry, second son of William Glenny, who
was son of Isaac Glenny, of Glenville, Co. Down, and
by him, who d. 23 Dec, 1818, had three sons and one
dau. : —
(1.) WilUam Boyle Glenny, 6. 1 Sept., d. 15 Sept., 1813.
(2.) William Boyle Glenny, of Tudor Lodge, Belfast, J.P.,
Co. Down, b. 8 April, 1816, m. 25 Oct., 1839, Anne,
only dau. of Archibald Little, of Newry, Co. Down,
by Margaretta, sister of Major-General Thomas Falls,
and dau. of Alexander Falls. Mr. Glenny d. 26 Feb.,
1880, and his widow d. 6 Feb., 1902, having had two
sons and five daus. : —
i. William Henry Glenny, Madras Civil Service
retired, Collector and Magistrate North Arcot,
b. 14 April, 1841, m. 1st, 8 Aug., 1872, Meta,
dau. of James Moore, M.D., M.R.I.A., by
Thomasine, dau. of Alexander M'Donnell, of
Annadale, Co. Down. She d. May, 1904, and
Mr. Glenny m. 2nd, 29 Nov., 1905, LiUan
Eliza, sister of Sir Walter Roper Lawrence,
Bart,, G.C.I.E., and youngest dau. of George
Lawrence, J. P., of Trevella, Monmouthshire.
Issue, by first marriage : —
1. William Ernest Falls Glenny, d. young.
2. Henry Quinn Glenny, Sch. Caius Coll.,
Cambridge, Lieut. 1st Batt. the Imperial
Yeomanry, 1 March, 1901, served in the
South African war (2 medals, 5 clasps),
now Dist. Supt. of Police, Northern
Nigeria, b. 11 Aug., 1879.
3. Arthur Hill Trevor Glenny, Midshipman
R.N., H.M.S. Africa, b. 14 Oct., 1888.
* Exchequer Bill, 6 Jan., 1818, Glennyj^v. Swanzy.
101
1. Hilda Thomasine Glenny.
2. Ethel Maud Glenny.
3. Edith Margaret M'Donnell Glenny.
ii. James Swauzy Glenny, of Glenville, near Newry,
Co. Down, J.P., Co. Down, B.A., T.C.D., C.E.,
b. 9 Jan., 1843, s. his cousin, J. T. Glenny, at
Glenville, 18 June, 1885, m. 1 June, 1882,
Ellen Constance, second dau. of George
Alexander Whitla, J.P., of Ben Eaden, Co.
Antrim, Capt. Antrim Rifles, by Isabella
Frances, dau. of the Rev. John Hammond,
J.P., D.L., Rector of Priston, Somerset, and
great niece of George Hammond, Under
Secretary for Foreign Afiairs and Ist British
Minister to America, father of Edmond, 1st
and only Lord Hammond. Issue :—
1. Valentine William Glenny, B.A., B.A.I.,
T.C.D., 1906, b. 14 Jan., 1886.
2. Arthur Willoughby Falls Glenny, b. 2
March, 1897.
1. Dorothy Marianne Glenny.
2. Norah Isabelle Glenny.
3. Joan Frances Glenny.
i. Fanny Anne Glenny, d. 24 Jan., 1861.
ii. Lucy Glenny.
iii. Margaretta Falls Glenny, m. 15 Aug., 1879,
Edward O'Rorke Dickey, of Belfast, Solicitor,
son of Adara Dickey, of Holly brooke House,
Co. Antrim, by Eleanor, dau. of Daniel
O'Rorke, of Ballybollan, same Co., by
Catherine, dau. of the Rev. Edward Hudson, of
Portglenone Castle, Rector of Ahoghill, Co.
Antrim. She d. s. p. 20 June, 1880.
iv. Caroline Glenny, m. 11 Aug., 1897, the Rev.
William Gerald Aston, B.A., Rector of
EUingham, Norfolk, fifth son of the Rev.
John Astbury Aston, M.A., Vicar of St. Luke's,
Cheltenham.
V. Flora Douglas Glenny, d. 12 April, 1889.
(3.) Henry Quinn Glenny, 6. 11 July, 1818. m. 18 March,
1843, Lilla, eldest dau. of Robert CampbeU, of Water-
ford, and d. s. y. 6 Sept., 1847.
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(1.) Frances Andrews Glenny, o. 18 Sept., 1814, m. 9
Dec, 1835, Major Thomas Reid, 33rd Regt., and by
him, who d. 1 Feb., 1850, had at her death, 16
April, 1888, an only child : —
Mary Jane Reid, m. 19 April, 1865, her first
cousin James Reid, of St. Lambert, near
Montreal, Canada, son of Lieut. -Colonel
James Reid, Huntingdon Borderers, formerly
Ensign 78th Highlanders, half pay 25 April,
1816, and has issue : —
1. Kenneth William Anderson Reid, 6. 13
Feb., 1872, d. 27 Sept., 1900.
2. Thomas Reid, b. 3 Dec, 1876, m. 16 April,
1902, Dorothy, dau. of the Rev. Benjamin
Papineau Lewis, B.A., Rector of Holy
Trinity, Christieville, Montreal, and has a
dau. : —
Miriam Josephine Glenny Reid.
1. Anna Mary Reid.
2. Lucie Henrietta Raid, m. 8 Sept., 1902,
Albert Ernest Clare, and has a son : —
Kenneth Ernest Clare, b. 25 Sept.
1904.
Mary Jane Swanzy, Mrs. Glenny (see p. 100), m. 2nd, 1 Jan.,
1821, John Boyd, of Newry, J.P., Cos. Armagh and Down,
and Seneschal of Newry, son of Hugh Boyd, by Catherine,
dau. of James Baxter, by Catherine, dau. of David
Conyngham, and by him, who d. 6 July, 1853, had at her
death, 17 Sept. 1859, further issue : —
(4.) Hugh Boyd, Lieut. Revenue Police, d. 26 Jan.,
1851, aged 27.
(5.) John Boyd, m. Miss Ainsworth, and d. at Coro-
mandel, New Zealand, 1 July, 1885, in his 60th year.
(6.) James Boyd.
(7.) Francis Boyd, d. in Michigan, leaving issue : —
i. Francis Boyd,
i. Anne Boyd.
(8.) William Henry Boyd, m. 9 July, 1868, Penelope
Caroline Frances, only dau. of Mark Leland Tew, of
Coltomer House, Co. Meath, by his wife, dau. of
Joseph Lightburne, of Harcourt Lodge, Co. Meath,
and d. 6 Oct., 1875, aged 36, leaving a dau. : —
Penelope Josephine Boyd.
HENRY SWANZY.
Of Aveli-eagli ami Hari-viuDUut, Co. Mouaglian, 1744-17y2. See p. 99.
From a copi/, in ptMsesswii uf Sir Hinn.i Sii'd/nj/, of tlu oriniinii jidiiiti/nj, at Ivy
Lodge, Ncirri/.
To face p, 103,
103
(2.) Mary Jane Boyd, d. unm.
(3.) Anne Boyd, d. young, 23 Jan., 1836.
(4.) Catlierine Boyd, m. 5 Oct., 1864, John Robert
Clarke, late Lieut. 3rd West York Light Infantry,
son of John Robert Clarke, of Coburg Place, Dublin,
by Beresford, only dau. of George Adams, of New-
bridge, Co. Cavan, and widow of Mervyn Archdall
Crozier, son of John Crozier, of Gortra, Co. Fermanagh.
Mr. Clarke d. s. p., 10 Feb., 1900. His widow d. 17
Aug., 1903.
II. James Swauzy, Governor of Anamaboe, Gold Coast, West
Africa, and Vice-President of the Council of the Gold Coast,
also of Austin Friars, London, merchant, 6. 1767, m. Ist, at
St. Bride's, Fleet Street, London, 28 Nov., 1795, Anne, only
dau. of Thomas Biddall,* of Hoxton, Middlesex. She d.
14 Sept., 1807,t aged 34, and James Swanzy (who m. a second
time) d. at Anamaboe, Cape Coast, 23 Feb., 1823, in hia 57th
year,J having had, by his first wife, Anne Biddall, four sons
and two daus. : —
1. Thomas Biddall Swanzy, of Corry Square, Newry, merchant,
formerly Accountant to the Civil Establishment of the
Settlements on the Gold Coast, b. Sept., 1797, entered
the University of Leyden, 1 Nov., 1814, m. 17 Jan., 1825,
his cousin, Anne, eldest dau. of the Rev. Josiah Erskine,
B.A., Rector of Knockbride, Co. Cavan, (by Mary Anne,
dau. of Henry Swanzy and Anne Nixon his wife, see p. 121)
eldest son of Robert Erskine, of Cavan. Mr. Swanzy d.
31 Jan., 1836, and his widow d. 12 Feb., 1885, having had
one son and four daus. : —
(1.) Thomas Biddall Swanzy (Rev.) Vicar of Newry, of
Ivy Lodge, Newry, Co. Down, B.A., T.C.D., 1860,
M.A., 1863, h. 8 May, 1836, m. 22 May, 1867, his
* Wm dated 10 Dec, 1804, proved 28 May, 1805.
■\ Date on mourning ring.
j James Swanzy was a remarkable man. " His death was a severe loss to the
whole British nation, and especially to those in West Africa, as no one knew the
character and disposition of the natives as well as he did. ... At his funeral,
not only the heads of the Government, but every private individual here paid
honour to his remains, all the officers in the service, and every European in the
place followed him to the grave, with his sorrowing relations, minute guns being
fired during the ceremony." (Letter dated Anamaboe, April 10, 1823, from Henry
Swanzy to Anne Erskine). Mr. Swanzy, who inherited the property of his cousin
Richard Phepoe Nixon, (see p. 84), had an extensive knowledge of African affairs,
and was the principal witness examined before the select committee of the House
of Commons on African Forts, 14 June, 1816. He stated that he had originally
gone out to the Gold Coast in 1789 as a surgeon, and remained in command of
various forts. He erected a tomb at Clontibret to the memory of his ancestors,
recopjdng on it the inscriptions to his grandfather and great-grandfather from an
earlier stone. Portraits of him, and of his wife, are at I\y Lodge, Newry.
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cousin, Elizabeth Anne, dau. of the Rev. Henry
Swanzy, M.A., of Newberry House, Co. Cork, and
Rockfield (or Avelreagh), Co. Monaghan, Canon of
Subulter and Rector of Kilshannig, diocese of Cloyne,
(see p. 112), and d. at Bournemouth, 12 May, 1884,
having had six children : —
i. Thomas Erskine Swanzy (Rev.) Vicar of
Hibaldstow, Lincolnshire, B.A., (Senior
Moderator) T.C.D., 1891, B.A., St. John'e
College, Oxford, 1893, M.A., 1897, 6. 25 Nov.,
1869.
ii. Henry Biddall Swanzy (Rev.) Curate of St.
Mary's, Newry, B.A. (Respondent), T.C.D.,
1896, M.A., 1899, h. 5 Oct., 1873.
iii. Robert Archibald Swanzy (Rev.) Curate of St.
John's, New Clee, Lincolnshire, B.A.^
Pembroke College, Cambridge, 1898, h. 9 Nov.,
1875.
i. Alice Elizabeth Swanzy, d. 4 Aug., 1871.
ii. Annie Beatrice Swanzy.
iii. Olive Adelaide Swanzy.
(1.) Marianne Swanzy, d. 14 Sept., 1851.
(2.) Araminta Erskine Swanzy, d. 7 April, 1873.
(3.) Elizabeth Swanzy, d. 23 March, 1900.
(4.) Adelaide Swanzy.
2. Henry Swanzy, d. on board the Caledonia, on his passage
home from West Africa, 3 June, 1823, aged 23.
3. James Swanzy, Governor at Cape Coast, d. at Cape Coast
Castle, 20 Sept., 1842.
4. John Swanzy, Lieut. Royal African Colonial Corps 25 April,
1822, killed in Africa, fighting at the head of his detach-
ment, in the first Ashanti War, on Sunday, 11 July, 1824.
Mr. Holman, in his Travels in Africa, p. 217, says that
Mr. Swanzy's gallantry was conspicuous in the action.
1. Anne Swanzy, d. unm. 1 March, 1870.
2. Elizabeth Swanzy, m. 8 Aug., 1838, her cousin Hugh
Rosborough Swanzy, of Connaberry House, Co.
Monaghan, and d. 21 Nov., 1884, lea\'ing issue (see
p. 112.) He d. 2 Aug., 1889.
James Swanzy, Governor of Anamaboe, by his second Tvafe
Amelia, who d. in France, Nov., 1866, had further issue,
two sons and two daus. : —
ANNE.
Daughter of tlic Rev. Andrew Nixdii, and wife o? Honry Swanzy.
From a rapi/, hi posxcssidn ufSir ILnnj Siranzij, af tli> niiijitml piintiH[i, at Ivij
Lodge, Newnj.
To. face p. 104.
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5. Francis Swanzy, Commandant at Dixcove, Gold Coast, 6,
at Teddington, London, 20 June, 1816, m. Catherine, dau.
of Joseph Dawson, for many years Governor on the Gold
Coast and widow of Kobert Jackson, and of — Spinks.
Mr. Swanzy was lost at sea between England and France,
5. p.
6. Andrew Swanzy, of The Quarry, Sevenoaks, Kent,
F.R.G.S., Gold Coast merchant, 6. at Teddington, 21
Dec, 1817, m. 15 Aug., 1850, Emma, youngest dau. of
William Jones, of Peckham Rye, Surrey, and d. at Nice,
3 Feb., 1880, having had by her, who d. 20 Feb., 1903,
two sons and four daus. : —
(1.) Francis Swanzy, of The Quarry, J.P., Kent, b. 7 July,
1854, m. 12 June, 1879, Mary Nina, eldest dau. of
Robert Stephen Patry, of The Chestnuts, Sydenham,
Kent, by Isabella, dau. of John Prince Halton,
F.R.C.S., of Liverpool, and has had issue : —
i. Andrew James Swanzy, University College,
Oxford, b. 2 April, 1880, d. unm. on the
Gold Coast, 25 April, 1904.
ii. Francis Hugh Swanzy, b. 7 April, 1884.
iii. Robert Edward Swanzy, b. 17 July, 1888.
i. Mabel Nina Swanzy, d. 13 Jan. 1900.
ii. Amy Margaret Swanzy.
iii. Helen Swanzy.
iv. Lilian Swanzy.
(2.) Thomas Charles Swanzy, 6. 5 May, 1865, d. 11 July,
1875.
(1.) 'Amelia Swanzy, m. 4 May, 1871, Capt. John
Boddington Jackson, 18th (Royal Irish) Regt., only
son of Robert Jackson, by Catherine, dau. of Joseph
Dawson, and afterwards wife of Francis Swanzy,
and d. 4 Sept., 1902, having had by him, who d.
9 Aug., 1902, issue :—
i. Robert Andrew Jackson, h. 23 Aug., 1872, d.
3 June, 1878.
ii. Francis Alfred Jackson, 6. 21 Sept., 1873, m.
24 June, 1905, Ethel Frances, 2nd dau. of
James Wright, of Barrow Cliff, Barrow-on-
Soar, Leicestershire.
iii. John Frederick Cecil Jackson, 6. P May, 1880.
i. Florence Marion Jackson, m. 14 Nov., 1896,
Beauchamp Wadmore, 3rd son of James
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Foster Wadmore, of Tonbridge, Kent, and
has a dau. j —
Marion Beauchamp Wadmore.
ii. ^ Edith Amy Jackson.
(2.) Kate Swanzy, m. 9 Sept., 1874, Alfred Ashley Clark,
J.P., of Rovindene, Playden, Sussex, 2nd son of
Frederick Le Gros Clark, F.R.S., President of the
Royal College of Surgeons of England, by Harriet
Ann, his first wife, dau. of Henry Willnier, of Down
Place, Hastings, Sussex, and has : —
i. Andrew Le Gros Clark, b. 12 May, 1876.
ii. Willmer Le Gros Clark, b. 29 Dec, 1877, m.
2 April, 1902, Ethel Mary Dora, younger dau.
of Charles Young, of The Thorns, Sevenoaks.
i. Ethel Kate Le Gros Clark, m. 16 April, 1901,
Ernest Augustus Young, 3rd son of Charles
Young, of The Thorns, Sevenoaks.
ii. Mildred Le Gros Clark, m. 13 Nov., 1906,
Maurice Carmichael Tweedie, Indian Police,
eldest son of Colonel Maurice Tweedie, Indian
Stafi Corps, and has issue : —
Michael Willmer Forbes Tweedie, 6. 2 Sept.,
1907.
(3.) Clara Ellen Swanzy, m. lst,15 March, 1879, James
Alfred Mottram, of Hill Head, Hampshire, only son
of James Mottram, of Birkdale, Southport, Lanca-
shire. He d. 31 Oct., 1887, leaving a son : —
i. James Cecil Mottram, M.B., Lond., D.Ph.
Cambridge, M.R.C.S., Lond., L.R.C.P. Engl.,
6. 12 Dec, 1879.
She m. 2nd, 25 April, 1889, Lieut. -Colonel John
Albert Anderson, Army Medical Staff, late 18th
Hussars, son of William Anderson, of Cavan, by
Jane, dau. of Joseph Dawson, and has further
issue : —
ii. John Swanzy Wardlaw Anderson, b. 18 Oct.,
1891.
i. Jessie Catherine Anderson.
ii. Clara Phyllis Anderson, d. 14 Sept., 1902.
(4.) Marian Swanzy, m. 5 Jan., 1888, Commander
Valentine David Hughes, R.N., 3rd son of Major
Herbert Jones Hughes, son of Robert Hughes, of
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Plas-yn-Llangoed, Lieut. R.N., and nephew of Sir
William Bulkeley Hughes, of Plas Cocli, both in
Anglesey. Issue : —
i. Herbert Valentine Hughes, b. 1 Nov., 1888.
i. Helen Norah Hughes.
3. Amelia Swanzy, 6. 1809, m. 1st, at the British Embassy,
Paris, 2 March, 1833, Capt. John Armstrong, 37th Regt.,
(who d. 20 Jan., 1850), and 2nd, 4 June, 1850, Edward
Collett Homersham, R.N., H.M.S. Agincourt, son of
William Homersham, of Canterbury, Kent, by Rebecca
Collett, his wife. He d. s. p. 12 Aug., 1874. She d.
17 Aug., 1902, aged 93, at Eagle's Nest, Adelaide, South
Australia, having had two children, by her first
marriage : —
(1.) Francis Armstrong, of Fullarton, near Adelaide, b.
28 Jan., 1836.
(1.) Miuiia Armstrong, m. 26 Jan., 1850, John Cramond,
son of John Cramond, of London, by Anna
Hamilton, and d. 14 April, 1853, having had an only
child : —
Anna Mary Cramond, m. 26 Sept., 1872
(the Hon.) Beaumont Arnold Moulden, of
Adelaide, Member of the Legislative Council
of South Australia, Solicitor, son of Joseph
Eldin Moulden, of Norwood, South Aus-
traha, by Margaret, dau. of Edmund
Hinton, of Bishop's Stortford, England, and
has : —
1. John Collett Moulden, 6. 2 Aug., 1873, m. 18
Aug., 1898, Kate Gertrude Lavington, dau.
of Lavington Glyde, and has issue : —
(L) Geoffrey Moulden, b. 6 Oct., 1906.
(I.) Audrey Lavington Moulden.
(II.) Margaret Beaumont Moulden.
2. Frank Beaumont Moulden, Solicitor, b. 25
June, 1876.
3. Eldin Swanzy Moulden, Electrical Engineer,
&. 5 Jan., 1882, m. 6 June, 1906, Edna
Annie, youngest dau. of Alfred Witter
Marshall.
1. Margaret Minna Moulden, m. 3 Dec, 1902,
John Wheeley Lea, of The Hermitage,
Robe, South Austraha, only son of Edward
Lea. M.D.
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4. Marianne Swanzy, of Fontaine Daniel, Mayenne, France, b.
11 June, 1811, d. unm. at Fontaine Daniel, 26 Sept.,
1903, in her 93rd year.
III. Andrew Swanzy, of Carrickaderry (or Millmount), Co. Monaghan,
b. 1770, appointed Deputy Governor, Co. Monaghan, 21 Sept.,
1810, J.P., Co. Monaghan, 11 Nov. 1811, and again 18 Jan.,
1831, First Lieut. TuUycorbet Eegt. 8 Jan., 1805, Capt. 15
Dec, 1807, 2nd Capt. Castleshane Corps, 11 Aug., 1813, m.
settlements * dated 31 Aug., 1790, Elizabeth, dau. of John
Drope (see p. 175), and by her, who d. 7 Jan., 1857, had at his
death, 27 March, 1862, aged 92, three sons and one dau. : —
1. Henry Swanzy, bapt. 24 Nov., 1799, d. young.
2. John Swanzy, m. 5 Jan. 1824, Anne, dau. of James
Hamilton, and niece of William Hamilton, J.P., High
Sheriff, Co. Monaghan, 1840, and had three sons and one
dau. : —
(1.) WilUam Hamilton Swanzy, b. 18 Oct., 1825, m. 5
July, 1862, Eliza Ann, dau. of Thomas Augustus
Miller, and d. 8 Aug., 1884, having had by her,
who d. 27 Jan., 1894, two sons and two daus. : —
i. Hamilton Miller D'Eyncourt Hamilton Swanzy,
of Liverpool, b. 22 Feb., 1871, m. Ist, 22 Feb.,
1893, Anna Henrietta Carveth, dau. of Henry
Miller, M.D., of Hartland, North Devon, and
by her, who d. Feb., 1899, had issue : —
1. D'Eyncourt Cecil William Hamilton
Swanzy, b. 11 July, 1895.
2. Henry Gordon Hamilton Swanzy, 6. 5
Sept., 1898.
He m. 2nd, 18 Sept., 1899, Lucy Beatrice, dau.
of Frederick Richmond, of Nottingham,
and has : —
1. Mabel Lucy Elise Hamilton Swanzy.
ii. Cecil William Hamilton Swanzy, b. 24 Jan.,
1874, d. unm. Oct., 1895.
i. Augusta Harriett Lucy Hamilton Swanzy, m.
5 Sept., 1888, Alfred Charles Roberts, of
Liverpool, and has : —
1. Cyril Alfred Roberts, b. 1889.
1. Lucy Mary Isabel Roberts.
ii. Mabel Ernestine Ann Eliza Hamilton Swanzy,
d. unm. 1882.
♦ Exchequer Bill, 23 Deo., 1816, Swanzy v. Fennigan.
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(2.) John Swanzy, bapt. 4 June, 1826.
(3.) James Swanzy, w. twice, and by bis first wife,
Margaret, had issue : —
i. Bertie Swanzy.
i. Margaret Swanzy.
He tn. 2nd, Miss Jones.
^1.) Anne Eliza Swanzy, d. unm.
3. James Swanzy, of Tiskilwa, Illinois, U.S.A., a doctor, 6. 16
Dec, 1807, w. 13 June, 1835, Catherine, dau. of John
Milling, of Shanlis, Ardee, Co. Louth, (by Susanna
Siddall, his wife) and niece of Lieut.-Colonel Henry
Milling, 81st Regt. and d. 22 June, 1865, lea\dng by her,
who d. 11 June, 1880, four sons and one dau. (all living
in the United States) : —
(1.) Andrew Swanzy, of Pricceton, 111., b. 3 Feb., 1838,
m. 28 May, 1862, Watie W., dau. of the Rev. Ora
Arnold Walker of Princeton.
(2.) Humphrys Jones Swanzy, of Tiskilwa, 6. 13 June,
1839.
(3.) John James Swanzy, of Alexander, Kansas, 6. 16
Feb., 1841, m.30 March, 1864, Margaret Bolton, and
has : —
i. Henry Humphrys Swanzy, 6, 8 Oct., 1866.
ii. Jay Swanzy, b. 4 July, 1871.
iii. William Swanzy, 6. 12 May, 1874.
iv. Hugh Swanzy, &. 9 Oct., 1876.
V. Albert Swanzy, 6. 24 Sept., 1878, m., and had
issue : —
1. Fayette Swanzy, b. 25 Jan., 1904.
1. Florence Swanzy.
^ Lucille Watie Swanzy, m. 20 Dec, 1883, Thomas
Harris, of Dodge City, Kansas, and has had
issue : —
1. James Stanley Harris, 6. 23 Sept., 1887.
2. Henry Harris, b. 18 June, 1890.
1. Anna Blanche Harris.
(4.) Henry Milling Swanzy, of Bureau Junction, Illinois,
6. 12 March, 1848, m. 9 June, 1876, Mary Elizabeth,
dau. of Patterson Drake, and by her, who d. 1 Aug.,
1898, has issue : —
i. Henry Franklin Swanzy, m. Maud E. Brooker,
and has issue :—
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1. Ora Harold Swanzy, 6. 10 Feb., 1900.
2. Andrew Edmond Swanzy, 6. 15 Sept., 1904.
1. Mary Ethel Swanzy.
2. Ella Catherine Swanzy.
i. Mary Bathsheba Swanzy.
(1.) Frances Emma Swanzy, m. 12 Dec, 1872, John
Kitterman, of Tiskilwa, 111,, and has : —
i. Harwood Bertrand Kitterman, of Princeton,
b. 15 Sept., 1873, m. 12 Sept., 1900, Myrtle,
dau. of H. B. Sargent, and has issue : —
1. John Harwood Kitterman, b. 27 May, 1901.
1. Sara lone Kitterman.
2. Eunice Alberta Kitterman. ' •
3. Frances Vivian Kitterman.
ii. Ralph Swanzy Kitterman, of Tiskilwa, 6. 7
AprU, 1877.
iii. Humphrys Lyman Kitterman, 6. 15 June, 1879,
m. 2 April, 1902, Nettie May, dau. of Samuel
Sharp.
i. Ethel Grace Kitterman.
ii. Lydia Catherine Milling Kitterman.
Elizabeth Swanzy, m. 1st, 23 Nov., 1826, the Rev. Isaac
Wood Slemmon, M.A., Curate of Down, son of Thomas
Slemmon, and by him, who d. 23 Dec, 1831, had two
sons : —
(1.) Andrew Thomas Swanzy Slemmon, J.P., of Baysville,
Muskoka, Canada, b. 27 Oct., 1827, d. untn. 8 Sept.,
1895.
(2.) Isaac Wood Slemmon, d. at school at Ardee, 31 May,
1838, aged 9.
She m. 2nd, 8 Dec, 1835, Humphrys Jones, J.P., Co.
Monaghan, jure uxoris of Carrickaderry, and d. 7 April,
1861, leaving by him, who d. 11 May, 1869, five
daus. : —
(1.) Frances Elizabeth Jones.
(2.) Elizabeth Mary Jones.
(3.) Mary Anne Jones.
(4.) Louisa Jane Jones, m. 15 Sept., 1869, Francis Richard
Maunsell, son of Richard Maunsell, of Lakelands,
Co. Dublin, who was grandson of Richard Maunsell, of
Ballywilliam, Co. Limerick, by Helena Maria Toler,
sister of John, 1st Earl of Norbury. Mrs. Maunsell
d. s. p. 13 Sept., 1899, and her husband d. 25 Feb.,
1900.
Ill
(5.) Margaret Jane Swanzy Jones, d. May, 1902.
IV. Henry Swanzy, of Avelreagh (or Rockfield) Co. Monaghan and
Hard wick Street, Dublin, Solicitor, h. 1774, m. at Drumully, Co.
Fermanagh, 14 May, 1799, Rose, only dau. and heiress of
Hugh Rosborough, of Mullinagoan, Co. Fermanagh, by his
second wife Anne, dau. of Jason Hassard,* of Skea, Co.
Fermanagh, Treasurer of the County, son of Capt. Jason
Hassard, of Skea and Mullymesker, High SheriflE, Co. Fer-
managh, 1695. Mr. Swanzy d. 14 March, 1843, and his
widow d. 20 March, 1856, having had three sons and five
daus. : —
1. Henry Swanzy (Rev.) of Newberry House, Co. Cork, and
Rockfield, Co. Monaghan, Canon of Subulter, Rural Dean
of Bothon, and Rector of Kilshannig, diocese of Cloyne,
h. 6 April, 1803, m. 21 July, 1835, Elizabeth, youngest
dau. of Edward Green, of Nelson Hill, Youghal, Co. Cork,
Capt. and Paymaster Youghal Yeomanry, by Alice, dau.
of John Allin, of Youghal, by Susanna, dau. of John
Lander, and Alicia his wife, dau. of James Pratt, of
Carricknashinny, Co. Cork, by Mary, dau. of Simon
Green, BailiS of Youghal, 1696. Canon Swanzy d. 20 Feb.,
1887, in his 84th year, and his widow d. 21 Sept., 1895, in
her 88th year, having had issue : —
(1.) Henry Swanzy, d. in infancy.
(2.) Henry Swanzy, 6. 7 Dec, 1837, d. March, 1838.
(3.) Henry Swanzy (Rev.) Rector of Castlemagner and
Ballyclough, Co. Cork, B.A,, T.C.D., 1865, M.A., 1868,
6. 19 Dec, 1841, m. 22 Feb., 1872, Margaret Frances,
only dau. of the Rev. Samuel Bell Leonard, M.A., of
Rushy Park, Co. Kerry, and Bellspark, Co. Tipperary,
Rector of DromtarrifE, diocese of Ardfert, by Anne,
dau. of Arthur Chute, son of Francis Chute, of Chute
Hall, Co. Kerry, by Ruth, dau. of Sir Riggs Falkiner,
Bart., of Annemount, Co. Cork. Mr. Swanzy f d.
• For particulars of this family see The Family of Hassard, by the Rev. H. B.
Swanzy, Dublin, Messrs. Thorn & Co., printed for i>rivate circulation, 1903.
t The Rev. Henry Swanzy was known as an explorer. In 1884, Mr. R. M. Barring-
ton, of Fassaroe, Bray, and he crossed the Rocky Mountains, on foot, with pack-
horses, and reached the shores of the Pacific. Four years later, in 1888, with his
cousin, the Rev. William Spotswood Green, C.B., now Chief Inspector of Irish
Fisheries, he again visited America, in order to explore, londer the auspices of the
Royal Geographical Society, portions of the Selkirk Range in British Columbia,
then utterly imknown. The story of their adventm-es is told in Mr. Green's
Among the Selkirk Glaciers, London, Macmillan, 1890. The Canadian Government
officially named one of the newly-discovered peaks Moimt Swanzy, and another
Mount Green, in honour of the two explorers. See also The Selkirk Range, by A. O.
Wheeler, Vol. I., Ottawa, 1905, for a full account of Mount Swanzy, and its
stUTOundings.
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19 April, 1906, having had issue : —
i. Henry Leonard Swanzy, 6. 7 Nov., 1873, d. 22
March, 1874.
ii. Samuel Leonard Swanzy (Rev.), Curate of
Midleton, Co. Cork, B.A., T.C.D., 1899,
formerly Lieut. 2nd Batt. the Lincolnshire
Regt., served in the South African War,
1900-1902, (Queen's medal with three clasps,
King's medal with two clasps), placed on the
half-pay list on account of ill-health, 1907,
took Holy Orders same year, 6. 13 May, 1875.
i. Elizabeth Anne Swanzy.
(1.) Alice Swanzy, d. in infancy.
(2.) Alice Swanzy, d. unm. 23 Aug., 1893.
(3.) Rosa Ormsby Swanzy, of Newberry House, Mallow,
d. unm. 16 Sept., 1898.
(4.) Elizabeth Anne Swanzy, m. 22 May, 1867, her cousin,
the Rev. Thomas Biddall Swanzy, M.A., Vicar of
Newry, and had issue, see p. 104.
(5.) Katharine Green Swanzy, now of Avelreagh, Co.
Monaghan, for more than two centuries the home of
her family. During the nineteenth century it was
known as Rockfield, but it is now again called by
the older name.
Hugh Rosborough Swanzy, of Connaberry House, Castle-
blayney, Co. Monaghan, Solicitor, Sub-Sherifi, Co.
Monaghan, 6. 17 June, 1806, m. 8 Aug., 1838, his cousin
Elizabeth, 2nd dau. of James Swanzy, Governor of
Anamaboe, Gold Coast (see p. 104) by Anne, only dau.
of Thomas Biddall. Mr. Swanzy, who did not use his
second name, d. 2 Aug., 1889, aged 83, having had by
her, who d. 21 Nov., 1884, three sons and four daus. : —
(1.) Henry Swanzy, 6. 14 Aug., 1842, d. May, 1845.
(2.) Thomas Biddall Swanzy (Rev.) Curate of Moville
Lower, diocese of Derry, B.A., T.C.D., 1868, M.A.,
1872, h. 15 Oct., 1843, d. unm., 16 Nov., 1902.
(3.) James Swanzy, &. 7 Sept., 1848, m. 8 Aug., 1877
Elizabeth Goudy, 2nd dau. of James Mollan Ross, of
Liscarney, Co. Monaghan, by Jane, dau. of James
Armstrong Buchanan, Lieut. 4th (King's Own)
Regt., and d. 26 Feb., 1907, leaving three children :—
i. Henry Hubert Swanzy, M.B., Capt. Royal Army
Medical Corps, served (as Civil Surgeon) in
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the South African War, 1900-1902, medal, b.
18 Aug., 1878, m. 7 March, 1905, Jessie Struan,
youngest dau. of Major Valens Tonnochy,
81st Regt., by Harriet Louisa, 2nd dau. of
David Ferrier, of Arbroath, Forfar. Capt.
Swanzy d. in India, 10 April, 1907, of
plague contracted in the performance of
his duties, leaving an only child : —
Jess Evelyn Struan Swanzy.
ii. Oswald Ross Swanzy, D.I., R.I.C., h. 15 July,
1881.
i. Irene Frances Evelyn Swanzy.
(1.) Anne Swanzy.
(2.) Rosa Swanzy, m. 8 July, 1862, the Rev. Christopher
Burkitt Harley, M.A., Canon of Kilbrogan and Rector
of Christ Church, Cork, son of the Rev. John Harley,
B.A., Prebendary and Rector of Taghmon, diocese
of Ferns, and d. 20 March, 1899, having had by him,
who d. 19 Aug., 1902, issue : —
i. Hugh Swanzy Harley, 6. April, 1867, d. 23 Aug.,
1868.
ii. Christopher Swanzy Harley, b. 10 March, 1871,
d 19 Sept., 1871.
iii. Henry Robert Harley, M.D., B.Ch., B.A., T.C.D.,
b. 13 July, 1872, m. 13 Feb., 1906, Florence
Efiie, dau. of the Rev. Alfred James Bray,
and niece and adopted dau. of Edwin Sidney
Hartland, of Highgarth, Gloucester, and
has issue : —
Sheila Patricia Harley.
iv. Christopher Burkitt Harley (Rev.) B.A., T.C.D.,
Curate of Murragh, Co. Cork, b. 26 Dec, 1873,
m. 7 July, 1903, Edith, 2nd dau. of Henry
Dale, J.P., of Cork, and has : —
Christopher Eric Harley, b. 8 Dec, 1905.
V. John Swanzy Harley, b. 27 July, 1875, m. 14
June, 1906, Charlotte Emma, youngest dau.
of John Hayten Rutter, and has issue : —
John Christopher Raymond Harley, b.
22 July, 1907.
vi. Thomas William Harley, Capt. Indian Medical
Service, 6. 10 Dec, 1876, m. 8 Aug., 1903.
H
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Mary Elizabeth, youngest dau. of Nicholas
E. Wrixon, and has : —
Henry Nicholas Wrixon Harley, h. 23
Sept., 1904.
vii. George Ormsby Burkitt Harley, Capt. late 3rd
Batt. Royal Munster Fusiliers, served in thr
South African War 1900-1902 (Queen's medal
with three clasps), 6. 16 July, 1878.
i. Marion Elizabeth Harley, d. 4 May, 1896.
ii. Rosalie Harley, d. 15 Feb., 1890.
iii. Anna Maria Swanzy Harley.
iv. Florence Grace Harley.
V. Eugenie Dorothea Harley.
vi. Roberta Maud Harley.
(3.) Frances Swanzy, m. 20 March, 1867, John George
Donaldson, Manager Belfast Bank, Cookstown, son
of the Rev. David Donaldson, M.A., by Letitia, 4th
dau. of George Beatty West, J.P., of Dromdarkin,
Co. Leitrim, brother of John Beatty West, M.P.,
for Dublin (see also p. 81), and has had issue : —
i. John George West Donaldson, B.E., h. 20 April,
1880.
i. Letitia Frances Donaldson, m. 8 Nov., 1893,
Arthur David Ash Gaussen, of Ballyronan
House, Co. Derry, J.P., High Sheriff, Co.
Derry, 1901, Barrister-at-law, only son of
William Ash Gaussen, of Ballyronan, and
has had issue : —
1. William Ash Gaussen, h. 24 Aug., 1894.
2. John George Ash Gaussen, 6. 14 March,
1896, d. 1 May, 1896.
1. Madehne Francis Ash Gaussen.
ii. Marion Swanzy Donaldson, d. 2 Sept., 1886.
iii. Mary Edith Donaldson, m. 15 June, 1904,
the Rev. Charles Arthur Bagge Millington,
B.A., Rector of Lissan, Co. Tyrone, youngest
eon of the Rev. James Robert Millington,
Rector of Kilronan, Co. Waterford, and has
issue : —
Gilbert Lindsay Millington, 6. 17 June, 1905.
(4.) Marion Swanzy,
3. John Swanzy, of Dublin, Solicitor, w. 28 Sept., 1841,
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Mai^aret Frances, second dau. of Francis Mills, of
Mountjoy Square, Dublin, son of the Rev. Richard
MiUs, B.A., Rector of Annaclone, Co. Down, by Frances,
dau. of Thomas Wilson, Barrister-at-law, and sister
of Hugh Wilson, K.C., of Collinstown, Co. Dublin.
Mr. Swanzy d. 16 May, 1881, and his widow d. 14 Feb.,
1891, having had three sons and four daiis. : —
(1.) Sir Henry Rosborough Swanzy, Knt., of Merrion
Square, DubUn, B.A., Trin. Coll., Dublin, 1864, M.A.,
1873, M.B., 1865, M.D. {honoris causa) 1905, Member
of Senate, F.R.C.S.I., President of the Royal College
of Surgeons of Ireland, 1906-7 and 1907-8, President
of the Ophthalmological Society of Great Britain and
Ireland, 1897. Sir Henry Swanzy, who is an
ophthahnic surgeon of wide reputation, and
author of Handbook of Diseases of the Eye and their
Treatment, was gazetted a knight in the Birthday
Honours List, 28 June, 1907, and was knighted by
the King at Buckingham Palace, 15 July following.
He was b. 6 Nov., 1843, and m. 19 Aug., 1874, Mary
Knox, eldest dau. of John Denham, M.D., President
of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland, 1873-4,
by St. Clair, dau. of Major Francis Arthur Skene
Knox, R.A., Issue :—
i. John Swanzy, b. 19, d. 23 Aug., 1877.
ii. Theodore Swanzy, b.l,d.7 July, 1879.
i. St. Clair Frances Swanzy.
ii. Mary Swanzy.
iii. Muriel Swanzy.
(2.) Francis Mills Swanzy, of Honolulu, Sandwich Islands,
b. 4 Feb., 1850, m. 9 Nov., 1887, Juliet, dau. of
Colonel Charles Hastings Judd, of Honolulu, and
has had issue : —
i. Geraldine Frances Swanzy, d. 28 Oct., 1892.
ii. Nora Hastings Swanzy.
iii. Rosamond Swanzy.
(3.) Robert Erskine Swanzy, d. unm. May, 1896.
(1.) Anna Maria Swanzy, d. 27 Sept.. 1842.
(2.) Anna Maria Swanzy.
(3.) Frances Swanzy, m. 20 April, 1895, Charles Maclean
Cunningham, L.D.S.
(4.) Kathleen Swanzy, d. 10 Oct., 1855.
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1. Anne Swanzy, of Rockfield, d. 30 March, 1889, in her
88th year.
2. Elizabeth Irwin Swanzy, m. 9 Feb., 1837, Isaac Butt, Q.C.
Barrister-at-law, J.P. Co. Cork, M.A., LL.D., T.C.D.
Whately Professor of Political Economy at the University
of Dublin, 1836-41, M.P. for Harwich, 1852, for Youghal
1852-65, and for Limerick from 1871, only son of the
Rev. Robert Butt, B.A., Incumbent of Stranorlar, Co.
Donegal, by Berkeley, dau. of the Rev. J. Cox, of Dovish.
Mr. Butt, who was the well-known politician,* d. 5 May,
1879, and his widow d. 30 April, 1897, in her 89th year,
having had issue :—
(1.) Robert Butt, Lieut. R.A., afterwards Barrister-at-
law, h. 9 Nov., 1837, d. unm. 27 May, 1896.
(2.) Henry Butt, h. 14 April, 1840, d. young.
(3.) George Butt, Bengal Civil Service, 6. 8 Oct., 1842,
m. 21 Sept., 1875, Annie Frances, sister of Sir Robert
Ball and Sir Charles Ball, and dau. of Robert Ball,
LL.D., (see Dictionary of National Biografhy), son of
Bob Stawell Ball,t of YoughaJ, Co. Cork, by Mary
dau. of Roger Green, of Youghal, and half-sister of
Edward Green, of Nelson Hill, Youghal, (see p. Ill),
Mr. Butt d. in India, 26 Jan., 1879, leaving by her
(who m. 2nd, 2 Oct., 1885, John Thomson, of Edin-
burgh, J.P.), two children : —
i. George Berkeley Butt, Lieut. Indian Medical
Service, b. 3 July, 1878, d. unm. in India, 28
Aug. 1902.
i. Kathleen Mary Butt, w. 9 Oct., 1903, her cousin,
William Valentine Ball, M.A., Barrister-at-law,
2nd son of Sir Robert Stawell Ball, F.R.S.,
Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geo-
metry in the University of Cambridge, by
Frances Elizabeth, dau. of William Edward
Steele, M.D., by Frances, dau. of the Rev.
John Toler, Rector of Kentstown, Co. Meath.
(4.) Berkeley Isaac Butt, b. 1847. d. 28 May, 1861.
(1.) Rosa Butt.
* For notice of Isaac Butt,, see Dictionary of National Biography, and The Lift
of Lord Randolph Churchill, by Winston Churchill, M.P. There is a portrait of
Wm in the National Portrait Gallery, Dublin.
t Bob Stawell Ball was son of Robert Ball, of Youghal, J.P. (by Mary, dau. of
Bent Croker), who was son of Henry Ball, of Youghal, by Ruth, sister of Jonas
Stawell, of Kilbrittain, Co. Cork, M.P. for Kinsale, 1745-60, and youngest dau.
of Jonas Stawell, of Kilkearns, Madame and Kilbrittain. by Katharine Honner his
third wife.
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(2.) Elizabeth Butt, m. 22 Dec. 1870, Thomas Colquhoun,
B.A,, Solicitor, son of Samuel Colquhoun, of New-
town House, Strabane, Co. Tyrone, by Jane, only
dau. of Samuel Sproule, of Ramelton, Co. Donegal.
He d. s. p. 27 Dec, 1899.
(3.) Amie Butt.
(4.) Mary Butt, d. 27 Aug., 1854.
3. Rosa Swanzy, d. 3 Feb., 1829, aged 16.
4. Maria Swanzy, d. 28 July, 1897, aged 83.
5. Margaret Jane Swanzy, m. 4 Sept., 1845, the Rev. John
Evane Lewis, M.A., Rector of Mointaghs, (Ardmore)
diocese of Dromore, eldest son of William Lewis, of Sligo.
She d. 4 May, 1901, aged 84, and her husband d. 17 July,
1874, having had issue : —
(1.) George Alfred Lewis, B.A., M.B., &. I Feb., 1851, d.
s. p., 24 Dec. 1889, at Lyttleton, New Zealand, being
survived by his second wife, Lily, dau. of Aaron
Ayres. She m. 2nd, 1900. Thomas Bunting.
(2.) Henry Swanzy Lewis, d. 26 Feb., 1874, aged 17.
(3.) John Evans Lewis, b. 24 Sept., 1859.
(1.) Rosa Jane Lewis, m. 29 Aug., 1877, James Stopford
Hunt, of Ballymagooly, House, Mallow, Co. Cork, son
of James Hunt, of Danesfort, Mallow, by Anna
Catherine Elizabeth, dau. of the Rev. William Stop-
ford, LL.D., Rector of Garrycloyne, Co. Cork, grand-
son of the Right Rev. James Stopford, D.D., Bishop
of Cloyne, by Anne, sister of James Stopford, 1st Earl
of Courtown.
John Swanzy, Governor of Accra, Gold Coast, Africa, and
Member of the Council of the Gold Coast, d. unm. 22 Oct., 1807.
His last public act was to stop slave-trading among the
British. The details are given as follows in Eighteen Years on
the Gold Coast, by Brodie Cruickshank, London, 1853, Vol. L,
p. 84 : Numbers of the natives " were carried to Cape Coast,
parcelled out into lots for the governor and members of council,
and sold to the slave-ships. ... We are pleased to have it to
add, that there was one of the members of council who in-
dignantly refused to participate in such iniquitous gains. Mr.
John Swanzy was governor of Accra at this time. As soon as
he heard of the proceedings of the governor and his colleagues,
he rose from a sick-bed, and went to Cape Coast by canoe.
Although suffering from a mortal illness, which soon after-
wards terminated in death, he hastened to prevent, if
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possible, the consummation of this great crime. His indignant
remonstrances and threats of exposure were not in vain. The
governor and his guilty colleagues quailed before the angry
rebukes of the sick man, strong in the might of a righteous
cause. They consented to undo their act, as far as now could
be done. But there was much which could not be undone. In
the interval which had elapsed, many of the poor creatures
had been carried from the coast. But there were still some in
the ships in the roads, and others in the slave-hold of the castle,
who were returned to their homes. Having got all the redress
which was in his power, Mr. Swanzy went back to Accra, and
died ; his last moments, no doubt, soothed by the reflection
that he had raised a voice of honest indignation against such
foul and wicked practices." A tablet erected to his memory
in Cape Coast Castle, decayed in the lapse of time, and a new
one was placed there in 1901 by Mr. F. Swanzy, of Sevenoaks.
A mountain near Dixcove, on the Gold Coast, is named Mount
Swanzy.*
VI. Francis Lucas Swanzy, d. unm in West Africa, 19 Sept., 1823.
I. Elizabeth Swanzy, m. 1st, in Nov., 1785, Daniel Simpson, of
TullynamuUy, Co. Armagh, (who d. 1788, will dated 1 April,
proved 20 June), son of Samuel Simpson, and 2nd, 28 July,
1812, Dr. WilUam Robinson, of Monaghan, who d. 12 Aug.
1830. She d. 1839, having had by her first marriage an only
son : —
Samuel Daniel Simpson, of Annemount, Keady, m. 28 Sept.,
1820, Jane, eldest dau. of James Kidd, and d. 15 Oct.,
1835, haAring had by her, who d. 10 April, 1879, issue : —
(1.) Daniel Simpson, 6. 16 July, 1821, d. unm.
(2.) James Simpson, 6. 9 Sept., 1826, d. unm.
(3.) William Robinson Simpson, h. 24 June, 1838, d. 30
Jan., 1830.
(4.) Benjamin Kidd Simpson, h. 5 March, 1830, m. 16
March, 1853, Catherine Anne, dau. of Edward
Henesey, and had issue, who d.s.f.
(5.) Samuel Swanzy Simpson, 6. 15 Nov., 1835, m.
Elizabeth, widow of Millan, and dau. of
Wentworth, and d.s.f., 18 March, 1895.
(1.) Ellen Simpson, d. 6 Dec, 1875.
(2.) Eliza Maria Simpson, d. 19 March, 1899.
(3.) Alicia Simpson, d. 27 Sept., 1833.
(4.) Maria Simpson, d. young.
* For the other Mount Swanzy, in Canada, see note, p. Ill
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II. Marianne Swanzy, ni. 1799, the Rev. Josiah Erskine, B.A.,
Rector of Knockbride, Co. Cavan, 1813-19, and Vicar of Denn,
1812-13, eldest son of Robert Erskine, of Cavan, by Elizabeth,
dau. of Josiah Parr, of Cavan. (For account of the Erskine
family see Appendix X, p. 187.) She d. 5 July, 1852, aged 74,
having had by him, who d. 1 Feb. 1819, five sons and four
daus. : —
1. Robert Erskine, of Erskine House, Cavan, J.P., Co. Cavan,
High Sheriff Co. Cavan, 1872, Lieut. Royal African
Colonial Corps (Light Infantry), half pay 5 July, 1831, 6.
at Drumlane, 1801, served in the Ashanti war of 1824
and was one of the two officers who were the sole survivors
of the defeat of Sir Charles M'Carthy's forces at Sicondee,
West Africa, 21 Jan., 1824. He was Bishop's Registrar
for Kilmore, and d. imm. 21 May, 1883, aged 82.
2. Henry James Erskine, (Rev.), Vicar of Kildruraferton,
diocese of Kilmore, B.A., T.C.D., 1827, M.A. 1832, m.
1857, Anne Elliott, and d. 24 March, 1877, leaving a
dau. : —
Dora Maxwell Erskine, m. 10 March, 1886, E. A. Khund-
kar, Barrister-at-law, and has : —
i. Patrick Henry Erskine Khundkar, 6. 17 March,
1890.
i. Miriam Khundkar.
.3. Archibald Erskine, M.D., of Sandys Place, Newry, b. 180(5,
m. 8 May, 1844, his cousin Anne Elizabeth, eldest dau.
of John Wilson, of Newry, by Anne, youngest dau. of
Henry Swanzy, and Anne Nixon, his wife, (see p. 1 27). Dr.
Erskine d. 7 Nov., 1881, and his widow d. 4 June, 1891,
leaving issue : —
(1.) William Erskine, Barrister-at-law, Siz. and Sch.
T.C.D., B.A. (Senior Moderator) 1867, b. 25 May,
1845, d. unm., 2 Feb., 1901.
(2.) John Wilson Erskine, B.A., M.B., T.C.D., 6. 6 April,
1848, m. 1887, Frederica Mellon, and had issue : —
i. Archibald William Frederick Erskine, 6. 24
June, 1889.
i. Dorothy Marian Erskine,
(1.) Annie Erskine, m. 5 July, 1871, William Brady, of
Johnstown, Co. Fermanagh, and Studley, Ros-
trevor, Co. Down, High Sheriff Co. Fermanagh, 1892,
son of John Brady, J. P., D.L., of Johnstown, High
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Sheriff, Co. Fermanagh, 1865, and Co, Monaghan,
1873.
(2.) Marian Erskine.
(3.) Frances Erskine.
4. John Swanzy Erskine, d. unm.
5. James Francis Erskine, of the Yews, Newry, J.P. Cos.
Armagh and Down, h. 1816, m. 1st, 5 April, 1848, Eliza-
beth Jane, second dau. of John Hartley, of Ballyfallon,
Co. Meath (by Jane, dau. of John Rothwell, of Cannons-
town, Co. Meath, by Catherine, sister of Lieut. -General
Sir Jeffrey Prendergast), grandson of John Martley, of
Ballyfallon, by Clementina, dau. of the Rev. Robert
Meares, son of Lewis Meares, of Meares Court, *Co. West-
meath. Mrs. Erskine d. 6 July, 1883, and her husband m.
2nd, 9 Nov. 1886, his cousin Emily, dau. of John Wilson,
(see p. 127). She d.s.f. 13 Dec, 1906. By his first
marriage he had issue at his death, 2 Feb., 1908 : —
(1.) John Francis Erskine, Lieut. R.H.A., 6. May, 1852,
d. unm. at Morar, Gwalior, India, 13 Aug., 1878.
(2.) Robert Erskine, of The Yews, Newry, C.P.S., 6. 17
Aug., 1856, w. 30 Nov., 1882, Anne Emily, youngest
dau. of the Rev. Thomas Francis Greene, M.A., of
Kilranalagh and Ballinroan, Co. Wicklow, (by Eliza-
beth, dau. of William Heighington, of Donard, same
Co.), son of Francis William Greene, of Kilranalagh,
High Sheriff Co. Wicklow, 1804, by Jane, dau. of
Thomas Browne, of Newgrove, Co. Clare, by Mary,
dau. of Nicholas Westby, of High Park, Co. Wicklow.
By her, who d. 2 Nov., 1891, Mr. Erskine had issue : —
i. James Francis Erskine, h. 8 Oct., 1883, d. 28
Oct., 1883.
ii. Robert Martley Erskine, 6. 26 July, 1887.
i. Elizabeth Frances Erskine.
ii. Annie Heighington Erskine.
iii. Eva Mary Erskine.
(1.) Mariarme Erskine, m. 2 Jan., 1889, the Rev. James
Jackson Sherrard, B.D., Vicar of Rynagh, Banagher,
King's Co., youngest son of the Rev. William
Sherrard, B.A., Rector of Castlelyons, Co. Cork,
and Rural Dean, by Matilda Barker, dau. of John
Jackson of Liverpool, and widow of Agmondisham
Vesey Colclough, of Newtownbarry, Co. Wexford.
Issue : —
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i. Henry Erekine Sherrard, h. 22 Oct. 1889.
ii. James Francis Sherrard, 6. 2 Feb., 1891.
i. Helen Elizabeth Sherrard.
Anne Erskine, m. 17 Jan., 1825, her cousin Thomas Biddall
Swanzy, of Newry, eldest son of James Swanzy, Governor
of Anamaboe, Gold Coast, and d. 12 Feb., 1885, aged 84,
leaving issue, see p. 103.
Elizabeth Erskine, m. 26 March, 1828, the Very Rev. James
Collins, D.D., Dean of KiJlaia, and Chaplain to the Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland, formerly Vicar of Denn, Co. Cavan,
son of Francis Collins, and d. 5 Aug., 1879, having had by
him, who d. 19 June, 1868, five sons and five daus. : —
(1.) Robert Erskine Collins, d. 23 March, 1840.
(2.) James Francis Collins, of Kylemore, South Inver-
cargill. New Zealand, m. 6 July, 1859, his cousin,
Anna Maria, dau. of the Rev, William Prior Moore,
by Anna, dau. of the Rev. William Grattan, by Anna
Selina, dau. of Humphrey Nixon, of Nixon Lodge,
(by Anne, sister of the Right Hon. Sir John Stewart,
Bart.), brother of Mrs. Swanzy, see pp. 92 and 99.
Issue : —
i. James Francis Collins, 6. 21 Jan., 1862, m. 29
June, 1895, Katie, dau. of George Tracy
Stephens, of the Survey Ofiice, Wellington,
New Zealand, and has a son : —
^ Raymond James George Collins, 6. 8 Aug.,
1897.
ii. William Frederick Collins, h. April, 1865.
iii. Edward Erskine Collins, 6. 9 Feb., 1867, in. 15
Dec. 1898, Laura, dau. of A. T. Begg, and has
had issue : —
1. Lyall Collins, 6. 18 Oct., 1900, d. 6 Sep.,
1902.
2. Alexis Noel Collins, 6. 28 Sept., 1902.
1. Constance Collins.
iv. Herbert Ruthven CoUins, h. June, 1872.
V. Ernest Collins, h. 28 Feb., 1879.
i. Selina Jane Co'lins.
ii. Clara Frances Collins.
iii. Constance Grattan Collins, d. 22 Sept., 1894.
(3.) Josiah Erskine Collins, Lieut.-Colonel, retired, late the
Hampshire Regt., formerly Ceylon Rifles and 87th
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Hoyal Irish Fusiliers, served in the Burmese Ex-
pedition, 1885-7, in command of several expeditions
against the enemy, near Mandalay, mentioned in
despatches, London Gazette 22nd June, 1886, (medal
with clasp, brevet of Lieut.-Col.), h. 26 July, 1836, m.
1 March, 1872, Carina Eliza, eldest dau, of Major
Edward Frederick Tranchell, Ceylon Rifles, Acting
Inspector- General of Police at Ceylon, and by her
who d. 1874, has had issue : —
i. James Edward Collins, F.R.C.P., L.R.C.S.,
formerly Lieut. 3rd Volunteer Batt. West Kent
Regt., 6. 3 March, 1873.
i. Ethel Elizabeth Collins, d. young, 3 Oct., 1875.
(4.) William Erskine Collins, d. 3 March, 1862.
(5.) John Henry Collins.
(1.) Mary Anne Collins, d. 28 Jan., 1831.
(2.) Araminta Collins, d. 8 Feb., 1831.
(3.) Elizabeth Collins, d. 8 May, 1835.
(4.) Jane Collins, d. in Italy, 2 May, 1907.
(5.) Araminta Erskine Collins, d. 5 June, 1840.
3. Araminta Erskine, d. Nov., 1821, aged 15.
4. Sarah Jane Erskine, m. 29 April, 1835, Peter Quinn, of The
Agency, Drumbanagher, Co. Armagh, M.P. for Newry,
1859-65, J.P. Cos. Armagh and Down, youngest son of
John Quinn of Newry, and of Drum, Co. Monaghan, by
Mary, dau. of the Rev. William Campbell, D.D., Vicar of
Newry, brother of the Rev. Thomas Campbell, LL.D.,
J.P., Chancellor of Clogher, the friend of Johnson and
Boswell.* She d. 5 Jan. 1889, and Mr. Quinn d. 5 Oct.,
1894, having had four sons and three daus. : —
(1.) John Quinn, late Bengal Civil Service, Commissioner
of Lucknow, b. 8 June, 1839, m. 4 March, 1886, May
Margaret, second dau. of Alexander John Lawrence,
CLE., son of Lieut. -General Sir George St. Patrick
Lawrence, K.C.S.I., C.B., brother of John, Ist Lord
Lawrence, Viceroy of India, and of Sir Henry
Lawrence, (see also p. 144).
(2.) Charles Campbell Quinn, late Bengal Civil Service,
Commissioner Bhaugulpore Division, B.A., T.C.D., 6.
31 Oct., 1841, m. 28 March, 1881, Eleanor Blanche,
dau. of Charles John Henty, of Calcutta, by Emily,
dau. of Elias Hunt, R.E., and has issue : —
S«e Dr. Campbell's life in the Dictionary of National Biography.
12S
i. John Peter Campbell Quinn, 6. 27 Aug., 1896.
i. Stella Blanche Campbell Quinn.
ii. Sylvia Marion Campbell Quinn.
iii. Sybil Florence Campbell Quinn.
(3.) James Campbell Quinn, (Rev.), Curate of Evesham,
Dorsetshire, formerly Curate of Kilshannig, Co.
Cork, b. Aug., 1845, d. unm. 17 April, 1880.
(4.) Robert Erskine Quinn, B.A., T.C.D., b. 24 July, 1847,
m. 6 Jan., 1874, Annie Martin, dau. of George Hali-
day, of Liverpool, by Matilda, dau. of John Martin,
J.P., of Shrigley, Co. Down, and Killoskehane Castle,
Co. Tipperary, and d. 6 Oct., 1906, having had by her
who d. 27 April, 1876, issue :—
i. Mary Beatrice Quinn, m. 19 Dec, 1907, Thomas
GiUman Moorhead, M.D., F.R.C.P.I., 2nd son
of William Robert Moorhead, M.D., of Bray,
by Amelia Davis GiUman, of Oakmount, Co.
Cork, only dau. of James Herbert Gilhnan,
J.P., of Oakmoimt.
ii. Edith Jane Quinn, d. in infancy, 3 July, 1876.
(1.) Marion Campbell Quinn.
(2.) Elizabeth Anne Quinn, d. unm. 20 April, 1879.
(3.) Florence Jane Quinn, m. 23 June, 1879, the Rev.
Thomas Benjamin Willson, M.A., Rector of Christ-
church, Shooter's Hill, diocese of Rochester, only son
of Thomas Edkins Willson, M.A., of Dublin,
by Maria, second dau. of Thomas Willans, of Susan
Vale, Co. Dublin, and has issue : —
i. Thomas Olaf Willson, B.A., Keble College,
Oxford, 1901, M.A., 1905, 6. 29 July, 1880.
ii. Maurice Frank Campbell Willson, 6. 21 Nov.,
1884.
III. Margaret Swanzy, m. Joseph Mather, of Maytone, Co. Armagh,
2nd son of William Mather, of Twyford, Derbyshire, by his
wife, dau. of Josiah Holmes, of Twyford, by his wife. Miss
Kirkman, of Ingress Park, Kent. She was buried at Clontibret,
3 May, 1834, and her husband was buried there 27 June, 1836,
having had three sons and three daus. : —
1. William Holmes Mather, bapt. 4 March, 1804, d. unm. at
Cape Coast Castle, West Africa, 30 July, 1824.
2. Henry Swanzy Mather, m. Miss Moore, of New Orleans, and
d. leaving an only child : —
Henry Mather, of New Orleans, a minor, in 1850.*
* See Burke's Heraldic Illustrations, 1850, where Mrs. Joseph Mather's father
is erroneously described as Andrew Swanzy, of Nemy, instead of Henry Swanzy,
of Avelreagh.
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3. Joseph Mather, of New Orleans, d.s.p.
1. Anne Mather, m. 9 July, 1835, Miles William Atkinson, 2nd
son of William Atkinson, of Glenanne, Co. Armagh, Capt.
Portadown Yeomanry, by Anne, dau. of Joseph Cham-
ney, of Ballyrahine, Co. Wicklow. She d. 13 June, 1880,
having had by him, who d. 25 March, 1880, three sons and
four daus. : —
(1.) William Miles Atkinson, of Warrenpoint, Co. Down,
b. 25 Sept., 1837.
(2.) Joseph Henry Atkinson, of Calcutta, 6. 4 July, 1840,
w. 22 Feb., 1871, Elizabeth Mary, dau. of Charles
Vincent M'Carthy, C.E., and had issue : —
i. Gerald Atkinson, b. 4 Feb., 1873, d. 12 Feb.,
1878.
ii. WilUam Atkinson, b. 5 March, 1874, m. 23 Feb.,
1901, Mabel Onslow, 2nd dau. of Horace
Mackay, of Melbourne.
iii. Charles Vincent McCarthy Atkinson, Asst. Supt.
Madras Police, b. 2 Nov., 1879, m. 19 Dec, 1905,
May, yovmgest dau. of Peter W. Soutter,
M.I.C.E.
iv. Joseph Henry Atkinson, late 2nd Lieut. R.F.A.,
h. 5 May, 1885.
V. Edward Dawson Atkinson, 6. 10 Nov., 1891.
i. Phoebe McCarthy xVtkinson, m. 29 March, 1901,
Henry Herbert Reynolds, and has : —
Joseph Herbert McCarthy Reynolds, b. 20
Jan., 1904.
ii. Annie Geraldine Atkinson.
iii. Mary Laragh McCarthy Atkinson, m. 2 March,
1907, Dudley J. Parsons, and d. 10 Oct., 1907.
iv. Margaret Mather Atkinson, m. 17 Aug., 1907,
David Clarke Patterson, Indian Civil Service.
(3.) Gerald Atkinson, 6. 6 May, 1844, d.s.p. at Calcutta,
9 Oct., 1874.
(1.) Margaret Atkinson, d. young.
(2.) Margaret Mather Atkinson.
(3.) Anne Chamney Atkinson.
(4.) Marianne Erskine Atkinson.
2. Catherine Holme? Mather, m. 12 Dec, 1844, George Synnot,
of Fernside, near Geelong, Victoria, son of Capt. Walter
Synnot, 89th Regt. (by his second wife, Elizabeth, dau. of
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George Houston), son of Sir Walter Synnot, of BalJy-
moyer, Co. Armagh. Sha d. 13 Feb., 1881, having had by
him, who d. 1 July, 1871, with four others, who d. young,
two sons and two daus. : —
(1.) Walter Seton Synnot, 6. 24 May, 1847, rw. 23 March,
1872, Lucy Emily Nixon, dau. of William Lucas, and
d. 20 Aug., 1907, leaving by her, who d. 5 Feb.,
1905, one dau. :
Anna Lucas Synnot.
(2.) George Nugent Synnot, 6. 29 Oct., 1848.
(1.) Mary Jane Cumberland Synnot, m. 10 June, 1862,
David Boswell Reid, Brigade-Surgeon-Lieut.-Colonel
Victorian (Austrahan) Military Forces, eldest son of
David Boswell Reid, M.D., F.R.C.P.E., 2nd son of Dr.
Peter Reid, of Edinburgh, by Christian, eldest dau.
of Hugo Arnot, the 9th Arnot of Balcormo, a well-
known historical writer.* She d. 4 Jan., 1874, having
had issue : —
i. David Boswell Reid, d. young.
ii. George Synnot Reid, h. 25 Jan., 1870, d. 21
Jan., 1871.
iii. Hugo Boswell Reid, h. 20 Jan., 1871, w. 26 April,
1899, Ellen Mary, only dau. of William Manson
Gebbie, and has issue : —
1. Mary Synnot Reid.
2. Ellen Seton Reid.
i. Mary Elizabeth Reid, m. William Abraham, and
has issue : —
1. William Ross Abraham, h. 6 April, 1886.
2. Arthur Boswell Reid Abraham, 6. 25 June,
1887.
* 3. George Synnot Abraham, h. 1 Dec, 1889.
1. Mary Kathleen Abraham.
2. Norah Inglis Synnot Abraham.
ii. Catheriae Isabelle Seton Reid, m. 1 Jan., 1894,
Harvey du Cros, 4th son of Harvey du Cros,
M.P. for Hastings, 1906.
iii. Dot Synnot Reid, m. 21 May, 1892, Frank Mark
Rodney Carter, Lieut. R.N. ,2nd son of Colonel
* See Dictionary of National Biography, a Iso Brief Notices of the. families of
Arnot, Reid, Boswell, Seton, etc., by n Kinsman, Bombay, 1899.
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John William Carter, Bengal Infantry, who
was son of Benjamin Carter, Post Capt. R.N.,
nephew of the famous Elizabeth Carter, trans-
lator of Epictetus. Issue : —
Seton Rodney Carter, b. 4 May, 1895.
(2.) Catherine Sjoinot, m. 26 Aug., 1873, Travers Adam-
son, B.A., Barrister- at -law, son of Travers Adam-
son, of Cam Park, Co. Westmeath, by Fanny
Jane, dau. of William Curtis, of Annaghmore,
King's Co. and by him, who d. 4 April, 1897,
has issue : —
i. Mary Synnot Travers Adamson.
ii. Catherine Fanny Travers Adamson.
iii. Janet Adelaide Travers Adamson.
Mary Jane Mather, m. 1st, as his third wife, 8 April, 1836,
Capt. Walter Synnot, 89th Regt., of Ballintate, Co.
Armagh, 2nd son of Sir Walter Synnot, of Ballymoyer,
Co. Armagh, High Sheriff, Co. Armagh, 1783, by Jane,* 2nd
dau. of John Seton, of Camberwell, Surrey. Capt. Sjrnnot
d. 31 Dec, 1851, lea^^lng no issue by this marriage, and
she m, 2nd, Charles Macarthur, second son of Hannibal
Hawkins Macarthur, of the Vineyard, Paramatta, N.S.W.,
Member of Parliament in Australia, by Anna Maria, dau.
of Capt. Philip Gidley King, R.N., Governor of New South
Wales. She d. 1889, having had by her second husband,
who d. 13 Dec, 1871, two children : —
(1.) Charles Walter William Macarthur, m. 8 Nov., 1881,
Minna Catherine Eliza, eldest dau. of the Rev. Septi-
mus Hungerford, Incumbent of St. Thomas's, Enfield,
Sydney, son of Capt. Emmanuel Hungerford, South
Cork Militia. Mr. Macarthur d.s.p. and his widow
m. 2nd, 24 Oct., 1894, Francis William Hales, son of
the Ven. Francis Hales, Archdeacon of Launceston,
Tasmania.
(1.) Agnes Barbara Mary Macarthur, w. Giffard Hamilton
King, and had a son : —
Giffard Hamilton Macarthur King, b. 15 Jan.,
1885.
* Lady Synnot's sisters were Isabella, m. 1763, Sir Thomas Cayley, Bart., of
Brompton, Yorkshire ; Elizabeth, to. 1762, Robert Berry, (by whom she had
Agnes and Mary Berry, the friends and correspondents of Horace Walpole), and
Margaret, m. Andrew Seton. See Burke's Peerage, note to " Seton of Abercom.
Bart.," and Journal and Correspondence of Miss Berry, edited by Lady Thec««*
Lewie, London, 1865, Vol. I., pp. 2 and 8.
127
IV. Anne Swanzy, w. at Clontibret, 1 Feb., 1809, John Wilson, of
Newry, who d. 6 April, 1828, and d. 22 March, 1845, having
had issue : —
1. James Swanzy Wilson, 6. 17 Jan., 1818, d. unm. in America,
18 Sept., 1865.
1. Anne Elizabeth Wilson, m. 8 May, 1844, her cousin, Archi-
bald Erskine, M.D., (see p. 119), and d. 4 June, 1891.
2. Catherine Wilson, d. unm. 10 Sept., 1898, aged 84.
3. Marianne Wilson, d. unm. 24 Feb., 1904, aged 88.
4. Emily Wilson, m. 9 Nov., 1886, her cousin James Francis
Erskine, J.P., and d. 13 Dec, 1906, aged 86.
5. Frances Lucas Swanzy Wilson, d. unm. 2 Aug., 1852.
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CHAPTER VII.
Enery of Bawkboy and Ballyconnell and Nesbitt and Burrowes
OF LiSMORE, all IN Co. CaVAN.
The dau. of Thomas Nixon, of Kingstown, Co. Fermanagh (p. 67), was :
FRANCES NIXON, m. before 1705, John Enery, of Bawnboy, Co.
Cavan, High Sheriff, Co. Fermanagh, 1727, and Co. Cavan, 1738, J.P.,
Co. Cavan, 24 Sept., 1715, and Co. Fermanagh, 14 Jan., 1723, eldest
son of Patrick Enery, of CuUohill, Co. Fermanagh.* John Enery d. in
Grafton Street, Dublin, Nov., 1756 (will dated 22 Nov., proved in
Prerog. Court, 2 Dec, 1756, executors, the Rev. Adam Nixon, George
Nixon, of Mullymesker (Nixon Hall), Richard Hassard, of Garden Hill,
and the Rev. William Enery.) By Frances Nixon his wife he had three
sons, and one dau. (Mrs. Nesbitt), viz. : — ,
I. THOMAS, of whom presently.
II. WiUiam Enery (Rev.) D.D., Rector of Killeshandra, Co. Cavan
(inducted, 20 Aug., 1729), h. 1706, educated at Carrickmacross,
entered T.C.D., 16 April, 1721, aged 15, B.A. 1726, M.A. 1729,
B.D. and D.D. 1753, J.P., Co. Cavan, 3 Nov., 1730, and Co.
Fermanagh, 27 Feb., 1758-9, m. settlements dated 29 and 30
Dec, 1732, Dorothy, 2nd dau. of the Rev. John Dennis, D.D.,
F.T.C.D., of Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh,! Rector of
Cleenish, diocese of Clogher. She d. 30 May, 1776, will
dated 11 Dec, 1775, proved 11 July, 1776. Dr. Enery d.
in Dominick Street, Dublin, 20 Feb., 1764. " 'Tis said his
Death was occasioned by his putting on a damp pair of
Breeches." {Freeman's Journal, 21 Feb., 1764). He left four
daus. : —
1. Frances Enery, m. 20 Dec, 1753, the Rev. Robert Pringle,
M.A., of Caledon, Co. T5Trone, and Madden, Co. Armagh,
* For further paxticulars of the Enery family, see Some Account of the Family
of Hassard, by the Rev. H. B. Swanzy, 1903, p. 102.
t Exchequer Bill, 28 April, 1779, Dixon v. Enery.
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eldest son of John Pringle,* of Caledon, and by him, who
d. intest., admon. granted in diocese of Armagh to his
widow, 23 Feb., 1779, had three sons and one dau. : —
(1.) John Pringle, of Caledon, J.P., Cos. Tyrone, Armagh,
and Monaghan (appointed to last 24 May, 1800)
High Sherifi, Co. Armagh, 1793, served in 51st Regt.,
m. settlements, 23 Nov., 1793, Elizabeth Bannerman,
and d. 21 July, 1824, in his 70th year (obituary notice
Enniskillen Chronicle, 29 July, 1824) cod. to will
30 March, proved 10 Aug., 1824, having had, with
two daus. Maria and Frances Elizabeth, a son : —
Henry Pringle, of Caledon, and afterwards of
Bedlondell, near Conway, North Wales, m.
Meriel Elizabeth, 7th dau. of Bodychan
Sparrow, son of Henry Sparrow, of Red
Hill, High SherifE of Anglesey, 1773. He
d. s. p. 4 April, 1834, and she m. 2nd, 1835,
Horatio Clarence Carey, son of Colonel
Carey, R.A.
(2.) William Pringle, m. Elizabeth Lavender, and was
living 1824.
* John Pringle, of Caledon, was agent to the Hamilton and Orrery families, see
mention of his family in The Orrery Papers, 1903, Vol. II., pp. 214, 226, 266, 269,
287. He d. 1742, will dat. 26 Nov., 1741, proved 4 May, 1742, leaving by Sarah
his wife, who d. at Caledon, Feb., 1777, " a lady of distinguished merit, and most
universally lamented," { Walker's Hibernian Magazine), five sons and two daus. : —
I. Robert Prmgle (Rev.) b. about 1725, entered T.C.D., 14 June, 1742, B.A.,
1746 ; M.A., 1749, m. Frances Enery, and had issue, see above.
II. Henry Pringle, Major-General 51st Regt., 20 Nov., 1782, m. at St. Mary's,
Dublin, 2 May, 1767, Mary, eldest dau. of the Rev. WiUiam Godley, D.D.,
Prebendary of Mullaghbrack, Co. Armagh, and d. at Caledon, 1800
(cod. to vnM dat. 16 July, 1799, proved 19 March, 1800), kavmg a son and
two daus. : —
1. Sir William Henry Pringle, G.C.B., Lieut.-General in the army. Colonel
of the 64th Regt., M.P. for Liskeard 1820-26,and 1826-30, commanded
a brigade at the battles of Salamanca, the Pyrenees and Nivelle.
He received the thanks of the House of Commons in person after
the Battle of Salamanca, on 10 Feb., 1813, and two votes of thanks
on 24 June, 1814, for the Battles of the Pyrenees, Orthes and Nivelle.
(Annual Register, 1841). He ?w. at the Earl of Chatham's, 20 May,
1806, Harriet Hester, only dau. of the Hon. Edward James Ehot,
M.P., a Lord of the Treasury, (by Lady Harriot Pitt, dau. of
William, 1st Earl of Chatham) brother of John, 1st Earl of St.
Germans, and son of Edward, 1st Lord Eliot. Sir Wilham Pringle
d. suddenly 23 Dec, 1840, and Lady Pringle d. 5 Oct., 1842, leaving
^ issue. Their 2nd dau., Anne EUzabeth, d. 10 Sept., 1865, aged 57.
1. Caroline Pringle, m. settlements 5 Aug., 1797, Robert St. George, 2nd
son of Sir Richard St. George, Bart., of Woodsgift, Co. Kilkenny,
M.P., for AtWone. He d. a. p. 1840.
2. Elizabeth Pringle.
III. William Pringle, of Caledon, the " Billy " of the Orrery Papert, will dat.
10 May, proved 7 June, 1799.
IV. John Pringle. V, Boyle Pringle. I. Anne Pringle.
II. Sarah Pringle, one of whom m. 20 May, 1750, the Rev. George Bannerman,
of Armagh, and had a son, 6. 15 Oct., 1751.
For an amusing anecdote of the father of the first John Pringle, of Caledon, see
Burdy's Life of Skelton.
I
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(3.) Robert Pringle, Lieut.-Colonel 51st Regt., 1 Sept,,
1795, Maior, 15 March, 1793, local rank Colonel in
Portugal, 30 Nov., 1796, living 1824.
(1.) Dorothy Pringle, m. John Henry, of Killoon, Co.
Tyrone.
2. Dorothy Enery, m. at St. Mary's, Dublin, 16 Dec, 1769,
the Rev. Samuel Morris, M.A., of Glebe Lodge, Co.
Tyrone, whose will, dated 19 Nov., 1802, was proved
14 May, 1804, and had issue : —
(1.) John Morris, entered T.C.D., 1786, did not graduate.
(I.) Dorothy Morris.
3. Mary Enery, w. at St. Mary's, Dublin, 19 June, 1770,
Henry Dixon, of Kilkea, Co. Kildare.
4. Alicia Enery, m. 11 Dec, 1776, William Higginbotham of
Bolton, Co. Kildare,* son of John Higginbotham, of
Bolton, and d. before 9 Dec, 1780, date of her father-in-
law's will.
III. James Enery, d. 30 Aug., 1742. " Friday last, Mr. James Enery
son to John Enery, Esq., of Bawnboy, in the Co. Cavan, coming
home from the Assizes had the misfortune to fall from his
horse and was killed." {Pue^s Occurrences, 3 Sept.).
I. Anne Enery, m. settlements dated 17 Sept., 1743, Cosby Nesbitt,
of Lismore, Co. Cavan, M.P., for Cavan, 1750-67, and had
issue, for whom, see pp. 133-137.
The eldest son : —
THOMAS ENERY, of Bawnboy, Counsellor at law, h. 1705,
educated at Carrickmacross, entered Trinity College, Dublin, 16 April,
1721, B.A., 1726 ; appointed J.P. Co. Cavan, 3 May, 1757, m. 26 July,
1735, Mary, aunt of John Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield, and only dau.
of John Holroyd, of Dublin, " a Lady of fine accomplishments, Beauty,
and a considerable fortune." {Pile's Occurrences, 2 Aug., 1735). Mr
Enery d. on his passage from Ireland to Parkgate, Cheshire, 24
April, 1758, leaving three children.! : —
I. JOHN, his heir.
I. Frances Enery, in. James Whitshed, M.P., for Cirencester in the
Parliaments of 1766, 1768, 1774, and 1780.
II. Sarah Enery, m. settlements, dated 24 Aug., 1767, John Gore,
Lieut., 12th Dragoons, and had : —
1. William Gore (Rev.), father of
Robert .Johnston Go re. J
* Exchequer Bill, 28 April, 1779, Dixon v. Enery.
t Chancery Bill, 3 Jan., 1771, Gore v. Enery.
; Betham's Will Pedigrees. Ulster^s Office. Vol. 12, p. 88.
131
2. Thomas Enery Gore, d. 21 Oct., 1843, inscription in St.
George's Burial Ground, Dublin.
1. Maria Gore.
2. Frances Gore.
The son : —
JOHN ENERY, of Bawnboy, High Sherifi Co. Cavan, 1759, Co.
Longford, 1760, and Co. Fermanagh, 1764, J.P. Co. Cavan, 14 Feb.,
1761, and Co. Fermanagh, 10 Feb., 1766, Major Irish Provincial Regt.
of Fusiliers, Feb., 1783, Colonel Cavan County Volunteers,* petitioned
the Irish House of Commons, 24 Jan., 1784, for leave to bring in a Bill
t/O enable him to sell his estates, or part of them, in Longford and Fer-
managh, to pay debts, and to vest his Cavan estate in trustees. Bill
passed 16 March, 1784, {Commons Journals). He m. 1 Oct., 1763,
Margaret, sister of Sir John Hamilton, Bart., M.P., and dau. of WilUam
Hamilton, of Dunnemana, Co. Tyrone, M.P. for Strabane, (brother of
Mrs. Andrew Nixon, see p. 139) by Catherine, sister of George Leslie
Montgomery, M.P., of Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan, and dau. of the Rev.
George Leslie, D.D., Rector of Clones. Mr. Enery d., admon. 3 Nov.,
1817, having had issue : —
I. JOHN, his heir.
I. Catherine Enery, d. unm., will dated 15 Nov., 1796, proved 4
March, 1797.
II. Mary Enery, m. 10 Sept., 1793, her cousin Adam Nixon, of The
Graan, Co. Fermanagh, 3rd son of Alexander Nixon, of Nixon
Hall, and had issue, see p. 69.
The son : —
JOHN ENERY, of Bawnboy and Ballyconnell, High SheriS Co.
Cavan, 1796, and Co. Kilkenny, 1800,t Lieut.-Colonel Kilkenny Militia,
Lieut. 14th Light Dragoons, 30 Sept., 1785, Lieut, in the army 20 Nov.,
1782, was defendant in the trial for the Cavan estates in 1841. He
obtained the Ballyconnell property in right of his mother, and was heir-
lat-law and sole executor of his cousin, Sir John Charles Hamilton, Bart.,
who d. Nov., 1818. As such he petitioned the House of Lords, 25 June,
1819. Colonel Enery m. Feb., 1788, Sarah Ainsworth, eldest dau. of
Anthony Blunt, of Kilkenny, and d. 19 Sept., 1842, having had, with
other issue : —
* M'Nevin's History of the Volunteers of 1782.
t Colonel Enery, while High Sherifi, Co. Kilkenny, on 19 April, 1800, refused to
convene the freehcldera of the county to petition the King against the Union, on
the ground that the measure had abready been passed by both houses of Parliament.
(Burtchaell's Genealogical Memoirs of Members of Parliament for KtlUnny, p. 246).
H^ was Mayor of Kilkenny. 1802-3.
I 2
J }
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I. John Enery, Capt. 5th Regt., Capt. Kilkenny Militia, 29 May
1810, m. Anne Long, and by her, who d. 28 March, 1857, had a
son : —
Albert Edward Enery, of The Ark, Kilkenny, d. 19 May,
1854, aged 27.
II. WILLIAM HAMILTON, of whom presently.
I. Margaret Rachel Enery, m. Major Arthur Helsham, Kilkenny
Militia, eldest son of John Helsham, of Leggetsrath, Co. Kil-
kenny, by Mary, only child of John Blunt, of Archersgrove,
same Co. She d. II Feb., 1866, and her husband d. 11 May,
1861, having had issue : —
1. Arthur Enery Helsham, m. 1 May, 1844, Margaret Tennison,
dau. of Cochrane, of The Isle of Man, and d. 6 Oct.,
1868, leaving by her, who d. 18 Feb., 1888, issue :—
(1.) Walter Arthur Smart Helsham, b. Jan., 1845, d. unm.
3 Feb., 1871.
(2.) Edward Helsham, of Leggetsrath, b. 14 March, 1852,
m. 17 Aug., 1890, Frances Maude, eldest dau. of John
Molloy, of Dublin, and had : —
Clara Maude Tennison Helsham.
(1.) Clara Tennison Helsham, m. Adair.
2. Edward Helsham, of Leggetsrath, b. 8 July, 1821, m. 6 May,
1857, Louisa Caroline, dau. of Abraham N. Devonsher, and
d.s.p. 19 Aug., 1889. She d. 1880.
II. Sarah Ainsworth Enery, m. 3 Aug., 1826, Colonel Robert William
Story, R.A., 3rd son of the Rev. Joseph Story, of Bingfield, Co.
Cavan, who was son of the Ven. Joseph Story, Archdeacon of
Kilmore, only son of the Right Rev. Joseph Story, Bishop of
Kilmore. She d. 9 Dec, 1829, having had one son : —
Robert John Story, d. young.
The second son : —
WILLIAM HAMILTON ENERY, of Ballyconnell House, D.L., Co.
Cavan, High Sheriff Co. Cavan, 1843, J.P. Cos. Cavan and Fermanagh,
31 May, 1833, Cornet 2nd Dragoon Guards, 3rd Aug., 1815, b. 19 Sept.,
1793, m. 9 Feb., 1839, Isabella Alicia, dau. of Brook Taylor Ottley, of
Delaford, Co. Dublin, son of Richard Ottley, by Sarah Elizabeth, dau.
of Sir William Young, Bart., of Delaford, Bucks, and d. 1854, leaving by
her, who d. 1 April, 1869, a dau. : —
Constance Isabella Enery, m. 1864, Capt. Stuart Durance Davies
Cartwright-Enery, 15th Hussars, who assumed the latter name,
announcement in Bublin Gazette, 24 June, 1864. Capt. Cart-
wright-Enery sold his commission 1867.
The Ballyconnell estate has been sold to the Roe family.
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The dau. of Frances Nixon, and John Eneiy, of Bawnboy (p. 130),
was : —
ANNE ENERY, w. settlements dated 17 Sept., 174^, Cosby Nesbitt,
of Liamore, Co. Cavan, M.P. Cavan borough, 1750-67, High Sherifi Co.
Cavan 1764, J.P. Co. Cavan, 9 Nov., 1745, sou of Thomas Nesbitt, of
Liamore, M.P. Cavan borough 1715-50, High Sheriff 1720, by Jane, dau.
and heir of Colonel Arnold Cosby, of Lismore, High Sheriff Co. Cavan
1718. Pue's Occurrences for Sept. 24, 1743, announces : — " This Week
Miss Enery was married at her Father's, John Enery, Esqr's Seat, at
Bawnboy in the County of Cavan to Cosby Nesbitt of Lismore, in the
said County, Esq., a Gentleman of 1200^. per ann. real estate, and of an
unblemished Character. And she is a beautiful young Lady of fine
Accomphshments and 7000/. Fortune." Cosby Nesbitt's will, dated 28
Nov., 1777, was proved 27 July, 1791. His wife, who was a legatee of
the Rev. Adam Nixon, Vicar of Clontibret, in 1767, as " Mrs. Ann
Nesbit, my Niece of Lismore," was buried at Kilmore, 8 June, 1775,
she had at least nine children : —
I. THOMAS, of whom presently.
II. John Nesbitt, M.P. for Winchelsea, Gatton, and Bodmin, mer-
chant of London, a well-known collector of pictures, including,
it is said, the " Blue Boy " by Gainsborough.* He d. at
his house in Bolton Street, London, 15 March, 1817, aged 71.
Gents' May.
III. Arnold Nesbitt (Rev.), D.D., Vicar of Denn, Co. Cavan, and
Prebendary of Ballysonan, diocese of Kildare (faculty 19 May,
1795), Chaplain to the Prince Regent, J.P. Co. Cavan, 23 May,
1794, bapt. at Kilmore, Co. Cavan, 4 March, 1754, d. unm. 30
Jan., 1822.
IV. Cosby Nesbitt, (a legatee of his grandfather John Enery), buried
at Kibnore, 16 April, 1768.
V. Robert Nesbitt, bapt. at Kilmore, 28 April, 1755.
I. Mary Nesbitt, m. William Moore, of Tullyvin, Co. Cavan, High
Sheriff 1780. She d. 27 March, 1833.
II. Jane Nesbitt, m. James Young, of Lahard, Co. Cavan. High
Sheriff 1767, and had, with a dau. Anne Young, bapt. at Kil-
more, 4 April, 1773, a son : —
Cosby Young, of Lahard, High Sheriff Co. Cavan, 1816, J.P.
* The authority for this, as well as for the descendants of Lieut. -Gen. Alex.
Nesbitt and several other points, is the History of the Familij of Nishet or Nesbitt in
Scotlaivd and Ireland, from memoranda by Alexander Nesbitt of Lismore, completed
by his widow Cecilia, June, 1898, privately printed by Andrew Iredale, 13 The
Strand, Torquay.
184
28 March, 1815, m. Sibella, dau. of Fleming*, of
Belleville, Co. Cavan, and cJ. will dated Nov., 1823,
proved Nov., 1825, leaving two daus. : —
(1.) Mary Anne Young, m. 1848, the Eight Rev. George
Richard Mackarness, D.D., Bishop of Argyll and the
Isles, and d. 1873, leaving by him, who d. 20 April,
1883, a son :—
George Evelyn Mackarness, of Lahard, 6. 11 April,
1851, m. July, 1877, Marie Sidney, only dau. of
John Graham-Campbell,, of Shirvan, Argyll-
shire, J.P., D.L., by Jessie, dau. of Charles
Saunders, of Fulwood Park, Liverpool, and d. 16
Nov., 1896, leaving by her, who d. 9 May,
1890, issue :—
1. John Evelyn Mackarness, h. 28 Aug., 1878.
2. Ronald George Campbell Mackarness, h. 27
May, 1882.
3. George Fleming Mackarness, h. 29 Nov.,
1884.
4. Charles Edward Bonbam Mackarness, h. 17
July, 1888.
1. Kathleen Mary Mackarness, m. 20 Sept.,
1904, Gerard Ainslie Kempthorne, Lieut.
R.A.M.C, son of the Rev. Philip Henry
Kempthorne, M.A., Rector of Wyck
Risington, Gloucestershire, and has a
dau. : —
Joan Ainslie Kempthorne.
2. Jessie Alethea Mackarness, m. 14 Sept.,
1904, her cousin, the Hon. Geoffrey Duke
Coleridge, only son of Bernard John Sey-
mour, 2nd Lord Coleridge, by Mary Ale-
thea, dau. of the Right Rev. John Fielder
Mackarness, D.D.. Bishop of Oxford, and
has issue : —
Richard Duke Coleridge, 6. 24 Sept.,
1905.
* This family was long settled in Co. Cavan. Thomas Fleming was app. J.P.
Co. Cavan, 28 Nov., 1699, Thomas Fleming junior, High Sheriff, 1704, and
Thomas Fleming, J.P., 10 Nov., 1707. Thomas Fleming, of Belleville, by
Frances, his wife, had at least two sons, Arthur Fleming, of Belleville, J.P., 22
Nov., 1751, will proved 1766, and James Fleming, eventually of Belleville, J. P.,
13 Oct., 1766, High Sheriff 1770, m. Jane, 9th dau. of WiUiam Blacker, of Carrick
Blacker, Co. Armagh, and d. (will dated, 20 June, 1793, proved 18 July, 1805),
having had ( 1) Thomas Francis Cecil, d. before June, 1793 ; (2) Arthur ; (3) James ;
(4) Edward ; (1) Ann, m. William Faris, of Machin, Co. Cavan; (2) Frances, m.
Thomas Fleming ; (3) Harriet ; (4) Matilda ; (5) Jane. Thomas Fleming of Cavan,
waB High Sheriff 1771, and Thomas Flemmg, of Castle Cosby, High Sheriff, 1794.
135
(2.) Jane Young, m. May, 1858, the Rev. Henry Meynell,
Hon. Canon of Cumbrae, youngest son of Godfrey
Meynell, of Meynell Langley, Derbyshire, J.P., D.L.,
and d. 1892. Canon Meynell d. Nov., 1903.
III. Anna Nesbitt, buried at Kilmore, 19 Aug., 1769.
IV. Elizabeth Nesbitt, d. young.
The eldest son : —
THOMAS NESBITT, of Lismore, Colonel in the army (Cornet in
Yorke's Regt.,Oct.,1761), M.P. Cavan borough,1768-99, J.P. Co. Cavan,
High Sheriff 1769, m. Feb., 1768, Louisa, youngest dau. of John Daniel
De Gennes, Colonel of Read's Dragoons, of Portarlington, and of Dinant,
Brittany, " an amiable young Lady, with 30,000/. for fortune," {The
Public Gazetteer). Colonel Nesbitt, whose family had represented
Cavan in Parliament consecutively for 84 years, (^. Dec, 1820, ha\-ing had
by his wife, who was buried at Kilmore, 16 Jan., 1803, five sons and a
dau. : —
I. Cosby Nesbitt, of Lismore, J.P., D.L., Co. Cavan, High Sheriff
1798, Major Cavan Militia, B.A., T.C.D. 1790, entered Lincoln's
Inns, London, 23 Sept., 1789, app. J.P. 28 Nov., 1809, 6. 20
Nov. 1769, m. Elizabeth Hancox, and d.s.p. 19 July, 1837.
II. JOHN, of whom presently.
III. WilHam Nesbitt, bapt. at Kilmore, 5 June, 1777, m. Mary, dau.
of Capt. Samuel, R.N., and d.s.p. Jan., 1821.
IV. Alexander Nesbitt, Lieut. -General in the army, 23 Nov., 1841,
Lieut.-Colonel 21 Dec, 1809, Deputy Quarter Master Gen. to
the troops in the Isle of France, b. 8 Dec, 1778,* bapt. at
Kilmore 29 Jan., 1779, m. atSt. George's, Hanover Sq.,
London, 1 June, 1805, Jane Gregory Blake, of Audley St.,
London, and d, at Geneva, 4 May, 1849, having had issue :—
1. Cosby Lewis Nesbitt, Lieut.-Colonel in the army 26 July,
1844, entered 60th Foot 27 March, 1824, served through
the Kaffir war 1851-3, 6. 1 April, 1806, drowned in fording
the Keiskamma River, Cape of Good Hope, 1 Oct., 1853.
1. Louisa Katharine Nesbitt, m. Paul P. Savoye, Capt. Horse
Artillery, French anny,t and d. 1872, leaving two daus. :—
(1.) Pauline Savoye, 7ft. M. Eugene Scherer.
(2.) Marie Savoye, m. M. Masson.
* History of the Family oi Nisbei or NeabiU, p. 53.
t Ibid.
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2. Katharine Sophia Nesbitt, m. Andre Bohn, Capt. Foot
Artillery, French Army, and d. 1894, having had issue -
(1.) Albert Bohn, m. Anna de Vives.
(1.) Jeanne Bohn, in. Rudolph de Turkheim,
(2.) AmaHa Bohn, d. before her mother.
3. Maria Nesbitt, m. M. Edmund Scherer, Senator in the
French Chamber, and d. 1883, having had, with three sons,
who d. before her, two daus. : —
(1.) Louisa Scherer, m. M. Lucien de la Rive.
(2.) Jeanne Scherer.
V. Thomas Nesbitt, E.I.C.S., bapt. at Kilmore, 2 March, 1781, m.
Anne Davis, and left issue : —
1. Thomas Nesbitt, m. Harriet Dobel, and had issue. His 4th
son AUen Nesbitt succeeded to the Castlerahan estate,
which was entailed in the male line, in 1886.
2. John Albert Nesbitt, of Fort Hill, Co. Cavan, J.P., Capt.
Cavan Militia, h. 1811, d. 31 Dec, 1886.
1. Louisa Nesbitt, m. 15 Dec, 1849, her cousin, Colonel
Samuel Moore.
L Frances Nesbitt, m. 1809, Samuel Moore, of Moyne Hall, Co.
Cavan, and by him, who d. 1848, had a son : —
Samuel Moore, of Moyne Hall, Colonel Cavan MiUtia, J.P.,
and Treasurer Co. Cavan, h. 1814, m. 15 Dec, 1849, his
cousin Louisa, dau. of Thomas Nesbitt, and d. 14 April,
1885, leaving by her, who d. 17 Aug., 1871, an only dau.: —
Frances Moore, m. 6 Feb., 1883, Capt. Ernest Edward
Cator Nevile, York and Lancaster Regt., 2nd son of
John Pate Nevile, of Skelbroke Park, Yorkshire,
and by him, who d. 16 Feb., 1894, had issue : —
i. Louisa Mary Nevile.
ii. Violet Constance Nevile.
iii. Frances Muriel Nevile.
The second son of Colonel Thomas Nesbitt, M.P., was : —
JOHN NESBITT, of Lismore, J.P., D.L., High Sheriff Co. Cavan
1840, bapt, at Kilmore, 20 Jan., 1776, succeeded eventually to Lismore,
m. Elizabeth, dau. of John Tatam, of Moulton, Lincolnshire, and d. 1
Jan., 1853, having had issue : —
I. Cosby Thomas Nesbitt, of Lismore, J.P., D.L., B.A. Brasenose
Coll., Oxford, 1837, M.A., 1840, Barrister-at-law, 6. 30 Aug.,
1814, d. unm. at Algiers, 30 April, 1856.
II. Alexander Nesbitt, of Lismore, J.P., D.L., High Sheriff, Co.
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Cavan, 1862, 6. 9 July, 1817, author of the History of
the Nesbitts, see p. 133, m. June, 1855, Cecilia, dau. of Capt.
Frederick Franks, R.N., and d.s.p. 21 June, 1886. She d.
6 Nov., 1900.
I. Frances Nesbitt.
II. MARY ANNE, of whom immediately.
The younger dau. : —
MARY ANNE NESBITT, m. 4 July, 1854, James Edward Burrowes,
2nd son of Major Thomas Burrowes, of Stradone House, Co. Cavan, High
Sheriff, 1803, by Susan, dau. of the Rev. Henry Seward, of Badsey,
Worcestershire. Mrs. Burrowes d. 12 March, 1887, leaving by him, who
d. 1859, a son : —
THOMAS COSBY BURROWES, of Lismore House, Crossdoney, Co.
Cavan, J.P., D.L., High Sheriff Co. Cavan, 1888, 6. 23 Oct., 1856, m. 15
April, 1885, the Hon. Anna Frances Maxwell, sister of Somerset Henry,
10th Lord Farnham, and younger dau. of the Hon. Richard Thomas
Maxwell, 7th son of Henry, 6th Lord Farnham, by Lady Anne Butler,
dau. of Henry Thomas, 2nd Earl of Carrick. Issue : —
I. Eleanor Mary Cosby Burrowes.
II. Rosamund Charlotte Cosby Burrowes,
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CHAPTER VIII.
The Brinsley Nixon Branch.
One of the sons of George Nixon, of Granshagh (p. 46) and brother of
the Rev, Adam Nixon, senior (p. 51) and of Thomas Nixon, of Kingstown,
Co. Fermanagh, was : —
THE REV. ANDREW NIXON, Prebendary of Errew, educated at
Enniskillen under Mr. Bennis, entered Trinity College, Dublin, 2 Nov.,
1695, aged 19, B.A., 1700 ; M.A., 1705 ; Curate of St. Bride's, DubUn,
1703-6, collated Prebendary of Errew, diocese of Killala, 12 Jan.,
1725-6 (Cotton's Fasti). He was also an army chaplain, for in the
House of Commons Journals, Ireland, vol. 4 and 5, (1727) p. 898
appears, " An Account of what half -pay officers have died and been
provided for from Lady Day, 1725,to Lady Day, 1727, Chaplain Andrew
Nixon, £60 16s. 8d." The Rev. Andrew Nixon d. intestate, admon.
granted to his brother James Nixon of Dublin, 20 May, 1731. He was
then of Crossmolina, Co. Mayo, and was apparently * father of : —
ANDREW NIXON of Cavan, Barrack Master of Ballyshannon,
sometime clerk to his relative Cosby Nesbitt, M.P., of Lismore (son-in-
law to Frances Enery, otherwise Nixon, see p. 128) who was Collector of
Cavan. t Andrew Nixon was brother-in-law to Alexander Knox, of
Ballybofey, Co. Donegal (will dated 12 Nov., 1753, proved 2 Jan., 1756),
who, failing the issue of his own son William Knox, entailed the lease
of the freeholds of Rossduan and Lachien, parish of Mohill, Co. Leitrim,
on Andrew's four children, John, Brinsley, Elizabeth and Frances Nixon
in succession. Alexander Knox (who had issue, William of Ballybofey,
Nichola Sophia, wife of John Gregory, and Mary, who was in New
England in 1753) was second son of Alexander Knox, of Ballybofey,
sen., (will proved 15 Sept.^ 1742) whose eldest son William Knox was
ancestor of Colonel Charles Howe Cuff Knox, of Creagh, Co. Mayo, J.P.,
D.L. (See the pedigree in Burke's Landed Gentry, 1904, Knox of Creagh).
* In Burke's Landed Gentry, 1863, article " Nixon of Fermanagh and Cavan,"
Andrew Nixon, of Cavan is stated to have been son of the Rev. Andrew Nixon,
of Beltiurbet, (see p. S3), and from this source his descent has been deduced in all
recent genealogies. But William Nixon, of Mulladuff (p. 48) in a Chancery Bill,
20 Dec, 1766, states that the Rev. Andrew Nixon of Belturbet, was " a near
relation," both of William and of Andiew of Cavan. John Nixon, son of Andrew,
of Cavan, in his answer to this, denies that Andrew of Belturbet was a near
relation, evidently meaning uncle by that term, as the Rev. Adam Nixon, of
Clontibret, brother of Andrew of Beltiu'bet, is described as " next friend " to the
fatherless children of Andrew of Cavan in an Exchequer Bill, dated 23 Dec, 1758.
Probably the compilers of Bmrke's pedigree of 1863 knew that Andrew of Cavan
was son of a Rev. Andrew Nixon, and confused the clerical uncle and nephew
of that name.
t Chancery Answer, 23 July, 1768, John Nixon, to Bill of 20 Dec, 1766.
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Andrew Nixon m. lat, Martha, dau. of John BLitchenham,* and 2nd,
in Oct., 1754,t Mary, widow of David Crawford, of Belfast,^ sister of
William Hamilton, M.P., aunt of Sir John Stewart Hamilton, Bart.,
M.P., and dau. of John Hamilton,§ of Dunnemana, Co. Tyrone. He d.
* The late Canon Eckersall Nixon had some handsome old silver which is presumed
by the crest to have come from an old family of the name of Kitchenham
in Kent. ( From a letter, dated 14 April, 1896, written by Canon Nixon
to Major-General J. Eccles Nixon, C.B.). John Kitchenham of Portumna, Co.
Galway, d. intest. admon. bond diocese of Clogher to Helena his widow, 10 April,
1723, having m. Helena, dau. of Hugh Gillmor, of Monaghan, merchant, whose will,
dated, 13 Sept., 1714, was proved in the diocese of Clogher, 21 Feb., 1715.
t " Dublin, 5 November — Last Week was married Andrew Nixon, Esq.. in the
county of Cavan, Barrack Master of Ballyshannon, to the Widow Crawford, of
Hamilton's Grove, a Lady of Distinguished Merit and a large Fortune." {^Belfast
Newsletter, 8 Nov., 1754).
I Exchequer Bill, 25 May, 1759, Mary Nixon, otherwise Crawford, otherwise
Hamilton v. Ann Mervyn, the Rev. Adam Nixon, and others.
§ There were several oomiections between this family of Hamilton and the Nixons.
Plaj^air, in the Baronetage of Ireland, deduces the descent from : —
John Hamilton, of Duleter, Co. Tyrone, and jure uxoris of Manor Elliston,
who m. Sarah, dau. of Sir William Hamilton, of Manor Elliston. son of Sir
Claud Hamilton, brother of James, 1st Earl of Abercorn, and son of Claud,
1st Lord Paisley. John and Sarah Hamilton had a son : —
John Hamilton, of Dunnemana, Co. Tyrone, prerog. will dated 24 May,
1741, unproved, had with another dau. wife of John Hamilton, of
Hamilton's Grove, Co. Antrim, at least one son and three daus. (order of
age uncertain) : —
1 . William Hamilton, of Diuinemana, M.P. for Strabane, 1727-60, and 1761-2,
m. deed dated 13 Sept., 1735, Catherine, dau. of the Rev. George
Leslie, D.D.. and d. 30 July, 1762, when the following appeared in
The Public Gazetteer of 7 Aug. " Died 30 July, At his lodgings in
Suffolk Street, universally lamented, William Hamilton, late of
Dunnymana in the county of Tyrone, Esq. ; WTien he was but
nineteen he was unanimously elected one of the representatives in
Parliament for Strabane, in which high and honourable station he
behaved for upwards of thirty years with a conduct suitable to the
great confidence reposed in him : to his immortal honour he was one
of those heioic patriots of Fabrician fortitude, who signalized them-
selves in so conspicuous a manner in the successful defence of the
pass, which in 1753 was strenuously attempted to be forced, in order
to overthrow the parliamentarj' constitution of this country ; for
which they were distinguished from their opponents by their
wearing gold medals in memory of that glorious epoch : and so
sensible were his constituents of his singular merit and invariable
principles in favoiu- of his country, that at the late general election
they unanimously re-elected him to represent them in parliament ;
the goodness and benevolence of his heart endeared him to all, and
render his death universally lamented : he is succeeded in his estate
by John Hamilton, Esq., his eldest son and heir." His ^vill was
proved 18 April, 1763. Issue : —
(1.) Sir John Stewart HamUton, Bart., so created 1 Feb., 1781 (G.
E. C. Complete Baronetage), M.P. Strabane, 1763-97, d. 1803.
leaving a son. Sir John Charles Hamilton, title extinct.
(2.) William Hamilton, d. s. p.
(1.) Margaret Hamilton, m. 1 Oct., 1763, John Enery, of Bawnboy,
grandson of John Enery, by Frances, dau. of Thomas Nixon, of
Kingstown, and had, with a son, Lieut.-Colonel John Enery, of
Bawnboy and Ballycoimell (see p. 131) a dau. : —
Mary Enery, m. 10 Sept., 1793, Adam Nixon, son of Alexander
Nixon, of Nixon Hall (see p. 69).
1. Mary Hamilton, to. 1st, settlements dated 12 June, 1729, David Crawford,
of Belfast, who d. 5 May, 1754, and 2nd, in Oct., 1754, Andrew Nixon,
of Cavan, see above.
2. Hamilton, m. Henry Shaw, of Ballygally Castle, Co. Antrim.
3. Isabel Hamilton, m. Christopher Fleming, dc jure 19th Lord Slane (title
attainted two generations before) whose will dated 13 June, 1771,
was proved 9 June, 1777 (G. E. C. Complete Peerage).
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suddenly, intestate, 3 Nov., 1757, " as he lived beloved by all his
Acquaintances, his Death is greatly lamented." {Dublin Gazette, Nov.
5-8, 1757). He left, by his first wife, four children, who were minors
at the time of his death, and on 22 June, 1758, the Rev. Adam Nixon,
Vicar of Clontibret, Co. Monaghan (see p. 66) entered into a recognizance
in the Court of Chancery in the sum of £800 that he would account as
their guardian. Mary Nixon, the widow, entered into a protracted
litigation with the Rev. Adam Nixon, and filed several bills against him
and her step children. She published a long notice in the Belfast
Newsletter, 3 Nov., 1758, requesting that all her late husband's accounts
should be furnished to her, and referring to an advertisement in the
Dublin Journal of 21 Oct., which declared that a box of valuable
jjapers and securities of the late Andrew Nixon's had been removed
from Cavan without Adam Nixon's knowledge and consent. Mrs.
Andrew Nixon, who had no children, went after her husband's death
to five at Ballygally Castle, Co. Antrim, with her sister, who had married
Henry Shaw, of Ballygally. A picture of Ballygally is published in the
Ulster Journal of Archceology, April, 1901, Vol. VII,, with an article,
pp. 65-77, by the late Rev. Classon Porter, reprinted from The Lame
Reporter, 1884. He states that Mrs. Nixon and her sister, "Lady" Slane,
both widows * without children, went to live there, and that an addition
to the house called " Madam Nixon's room " was built. He further
says (p. 72) " We may mention that the names of Lady Slane and
Madam Nixon are still associated with Ballygally in another way.
A few perches outside of the present entrance to the castle, there was
formerly a well, which, in honour of Lady Slane, was called ' My Lady's
Well ; ' and at the foot of Ballygally Hill there still is another well
which was called ' Madam Nixon's Well ' in honour of the lady of that
name. Madam Nixon died at Ballygally, and for many years it was
said that she haunted the castle, walking about the passages at night,
attired in a silk dress, and amusing herself by knocking at the doors
of the different rooms. Latterly, the old lady has not been heard of
at Ballygally." She d. intestate, admon. granted 30 July, 1789, to her
niece Margaret McCuUoch, otherwise Shaw, of Antrim, widow. Andrew
Nixon, by his first wife, Martha Kitchenham, left four children : —
I. John Nixon, Capt. 4:9th Foot, 14 Jan., 1775, living 1782, dead
* This is not coriect in the case of Lady Slane, who d. 16 Feb., 1760; before her
husband. The Public Gazetteer, Tuesd., 19 Feb. to Sat. 23 Feb., 1760, says :—
" Last Saturday, died, in Drumcondra lane, of a lingering decay, the Honourable
Isabella Fleming, wife of Christopher Fleming, Esq., commonly called Lord Slane ;
a Lady endued with every Christian virtue, which makes her death lamented, 'not
only by her husband, relations, and friends, but by all who had the pleasure of her
acquaintance. She was third daughter of John Hamilton, of Dvmnymana,
in the County of Tyrone, Esq., deceased ; and sister to William Hamilton, Esq.
Member of Parliament for Strabane. Last Monday her remams were carried
out of town, in order to be interred by her Father, at Lack, near Strabane, iu the
county aforesaid." She may, however, have stayed a good deal at B^tllygally,
and hence the name, " My Lady's Well " may have arisen.
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before 1795, ni. Katharine, sister of Charles Johnstone, of
Drum, Co. Monaghan, and dau. of Colin Johnstone, (by
Catherine, dau. of Capt. Charles Wardlaw) who was brother
of Hugh Johnstone, of Cornwall, Killeevan, Co. Monaghan,
High Sheriff, Co. Monaghan, 1724.* She d. s. p. 1812, will
dated 27 Feb., proved Prerog. Court, 2 Nov. She was
appointed by the Rev. Charles Meares, in 1795, guardian to
his dau.
II. BRINSLEY, of whom presently.
I. Elizabeth Nixon, m. at Cavan, Oct., 1774, the Rev. Charles
Meares, B.A., sometime Master f of the Royal School, Cavan,
and afterwards Master of a school at Prospect, Seapoint, Co.
Dublin,+ 2nd son of the Rev. Robert Meares, Rector of
Almoritia, Co. Westmeath, 3rd son of Lewis Meares, of Meares
Court, Co. Westmeath, by Thomasine, dau. of Capt. John
Jones, son of the Most Rev. Henry Jones, Bishop of Meath.
Mr. Meares d. 1795, (will dated 10 Feb., proved 27 March),
having had issue : —
1. Robert Meares, d. s. p., v.p.
1. Lucinda Martha Meares, m. 1799, the Rev. Thomas Conolly
Coane, of Clifton, BrivStol, and had : —
(1.) John Coane.
(2.) Robert Coane.
(3.) Charles Coane.
(4.) Thomas Coane.
(5.) Richard Coane.
(1.) Katherine Elizabeth Coane.
XL Frances Nixon, m. 1774, Thomas Wray.
The younger son of Andrew Nixon : —
THE REV. BRINSLEY NIXON, M.A., of Belturbet, Rector of
Painstown, Co. Meath, 1794-1823, and of Ardagh, Co. Cork, 1789-1823,
appointed J.P., Co. Cavan, 7 July, 1781, entered Trinity College, Dublin,
1 Nov., 1766, Scholar, 1769 ; B.A., 1771 ; M.A., 1776 ; ordained Deacon
at Kilmore, 25 April, 1774, sometime Chaplain to St. Stephen's Hospital,
Dublin, to Brinsley, 2nd Earl of Lanesborough, and to the 103rd Regt.
(half-pay, '1783-4). Mr. Nixon m. at St. Ann's, Dublin, 1 Oct., 1780,
Mary, dau. of Edward Hartigau, and by her, who d. at Church-hill,
* Inforniatiou from Lieut. -Colonel G. H. Johnston, Kilmore. Co. Aimagh.
t Amongst those educated by Mr. Meares were Major Alexander Nixon
Montgomery (p. 77), and the Rev. Josiah Erskine (p. 194), as proved by the T.C.D.
matriculation books, also the two sons of Adam Nixon (p. S4), proved by Chancery
Bill, 27 May, 1791, Nison v. Meares „ ,- , t oi
; History of the County of Dublin, by Francis Ekington BaU, Vol. 1., p. *1.
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Clonard, May, 1828, had at his death, 22 March, 1823, four sons and
three daus. : —
I. Robert Herbert Nixon (Rev.), Rector of Booterstown, Co.
DubUn, B.A., T.C.D., 1803, M.A., 1811, w. Dorothea Rose,
dau. of John Morris, of Newstore, Co. Meath, and d.s.p.,
22 Jan., 1857. She d. 13 June, 1867.
II. Biinsley Nixon, Capt., 37th Regt., d. 19 Nov., 1813, in his 28th
year.
III. HORATIO STOPFORD, of whom presently, p. 150.
IV. Edward Nixon (Rev.), Rector of Castletown, Co. Meath, and
Rural Dean of Slane, B.A., T.C.D., 1818, M.A., 1823, m.
1 Jan., 1828, Lucy Catherine, eldest dau. of the Rev. Henry
Wynne, Rector of Killucan, Co. Westmeath, 3rd son of the
Right Hon. Owen Wynne, M.P., of Hazlewood, Co. Sligo,
by the Hon. Anne Maxwell, sister of Robert, 1st Earl of
Farnham, and dau. of John, 1st Lord Farnham. Mr. Nixon
d. 30 April, 1847, from illness contracted in discharge of his
duties during the famine in Ireland, and his widow d. 31 Aug.
1883, having had one son and four daus. : —
1. Eckersall Nixon (Rev.), Canon of Clondegad, Killaloe,
and Rector of Ettagh, King's Co., B.A., T.C.D., 1853,
M.A., 1884, m.. 22 Sept., 1868, Constantia Mary Anne,
4th dau. of Sir Andrew Armstrong, Bart., of Gallen
Priory, King's Co., M.P. for that Co., son of Edmund
Armstrong, of Gallen Priory, by Elizabeth Trench, sister
of Frederick, 1st Lord Ash town. Canon Nixon d. 5 June,
1896, aged 65, having had issue : —
(1.) Frederick Eckersall Nixon-Eckersall, Capt. Royal
Artillery, assumed by Deed Poll, 1896, the additional
surname of Eckersall, in accordance with the will
of F. S. Eckersall, (see p. 143), b. 29 Sept., 1869, m.
15 Dec, 1904, Florence Eleanor, 2nd dau. of Sanford
George Treweeke Scobell, of The Down House,
Redmarley, Worcestershire, by Edith, dau. of Capt.
Palairet, of the Grange, Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts.,
and has issue : —
i. George Montague Nixon-Eckersall, b. 20 Feb.,
1907.
i. Clara Laura Edith Nixon-Eckersall.
(2.) Edward Atcherley Eckersall Nixon, Lieut. R.N.,
6. 12 July, 1878.
(3.) Wyndham Henry Eckersall Nixon, d. 1 Jan., 1884,
in his 3rd year.
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(1.) Stella Frances Eliza Nixon, m. 1 Sept., 1897,
Casaubon William Frend, of Poulagannive, Birr,
2nd son of Lieut.- Colonel William Casaubon Frend,
73rd Regt., of Rootiagh, Co. Limerick, by Harriett
Georgiana, dau. of Capt. Garvey, R.N., of Thornvale,
King's Co., and has issue : —
i. Stella Constantia Harriett Casaubon Frend.
ii. Clara Casaubon Frend.
(2.) Constantia Agnes Nixon, m. 25 June, 1895, her cousin,
the Rev. Arthur Eckersall Wynne, M.A., Vicar of
Rottingdean, Sussex, 3rd son of the Right Rev.
Frederick Richards Wynne, D.D., Bishop of Killaloe,
by Theodosia Susan, dau. of the Rev. John Darley,
F.T.C.D., and has :—
i. Edward Eckersall Wynne, 6. 26 May, 1901.
i. Ruth Mary Wynne.
(3.) Winifred Elizabeth Armstrong Nixon, m. 23 Oct.,
1906, Stephen Harvey Morres, Lieut. R.N., son of
the Rev. Robert Morres.
1. Harriet Osborne Nixon, m.. 22 Nov., 1853, the Hon. Edward
Sydney Stopford, 2nd son of James, 4th Earl of Courtown,
by Lady Charlotte Montagu-Douglas-Scott, dau. of
Charles, 4th Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, K.T.
She d. s. p. 12 Dec, 1893, and her husband d. 2 April,
1895.
2. Clara Mary Nixon, m. 12 Nov., 1861, Frederick Stirling
Eckersall, Lieut. 29th Regt., and d. his widow 5 July,
1892.
3. Lucy Nixon, d. 1 Oct., 1853, aged 19.
4. Frances Stella Nixon, jn. 20 Oct., 1863, Capt. Wynne
Charles de Cerjat, 2nd Royal Surrey Militia, son of Lieut. -
Colonel Charles Sigismond de Cerjat, 1st Royal Dragoons,
and d. 27 Nov., 1872, having had :—
(1.) Edward Wynne Charles de Cerjat, Lieut. West India
Regt., b. 2 Aug., 1864, d. 6 Sept., 1893.
(2.) Robert de Cerjat, b. 25 March, 1868.
(3.) Frederic Maximilian de Cerjat, Trianon, Orange
River Colony, b. 29 Oct., 1870, m. 1898, Agatha
Nicholls.
(1.) Lucy Esther de Cerjat.
I. Elizabeth Nixon, m. July, 1803, Thomas Goold, Master in
Chancery, M.P., son of John Goold, by Mary, dau. of Valentine
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Quin, of Rosbrien, Co. Limerick. She d. 30 May, 1854,
and Master Goold d. 16 July, 1846, having had three sons and
three daus. : —
1. Francis Goold, of Rosbrien, Dromadda, and Athea, Co.
Limerick, High Sheriif of that Co., 1848, drowned in
SUgo Bay, 31 Aug., 1848.
2. Frederick Falkiner Goold (Ven.) Archdeacon of Raphoe,
and Rector of Raymochy, Co. Donegal, of Rosbrien,
Ballygeale, Dromadda, and Athea, B.A., T.C.D., 1831 ;
M.A., 1853; h. May, 1808, m. 16 June, 1830, Caroline,
sister of Theresa, Countess of Eglinton, and dau. of
Charles Newcomen, of Clonahard, Co. Longford, by the
Hon. Catherine Newcomen, sister and co-heir of Thomas,
2nd and last Viscount Newcomen. The Archdeacon d.
29 Jan., 1877, and his wife d. 20 Jan., 1892, having had
one son and five daus. : —
(1.) Thomas Francis Goold, h. 2 May, 1837, d. 23 May,
1861.
(1.) Augusta Mary Goold, d. l\ June, 1893.
(2.) CaroUne Mary Goold, m. 30 June, 1864, her cousin,
Brinsley de Courcy Nixon (see p. 150), and d. s. p.,
10 May, 1875.
(3) Emily Marianne Goold, m. 1869 Henry Le Poer
Wynne, Bengal Civil Service, eldest son of General
George Wynne, R.E., by Anne, dau. of Sir Daniel
Toler Osborne, 12th Bart., by Lady Harriet Le Poer
Trench, dau. of William, 1st Earl of Clancarty, and
d. 21 Dec, 1898, having had by him, who d. 1874,
an only dau. : —
Anne EHzabeth Le Poer Wynne, of Rosbrien,
m.. 13 Aug., 1904, Alexander Waldemar
Lawrence, only surviving son of Sir Henry
Waldemar Lawrence, 3rd Bart, (by Emily
Mary, dau. of Sir George Burdett L'Estrange),
younger son of Brigadier Sir Henry Mont-
gomery Lawrence, K.C.B., killed in the defence
of Lucknow, July, 1857. Issue : —
1. Henry Eustace Waldemar Lawrence, b.
10 July, 1905.
2. John Waldemar Lawrence, h. 27 May,
1907.
(4.) Elizabeth Jessie Goold, d. 18 June, 1862.
(5.) Frances Frederika Dorothea GoOld, of Ballygeale,
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Co. Limerick, m. 17 Dec, 1873, the Rev. Hamilton
Stuart Verschoyle, M.A., of Castle- Shanaghan, Co.
Donegal, eldest son of the Right Rev. Hamilton
Verschoyle, D.D., Bishop of Kilmore, by Catherine
Margaret, dau. of the Very Rev. Thomas Hawkins,
Dean of Clonfert, and had an only son : —
Hamilton Frederick Stuart Goold-Verschoyle,
of Droraadda and Athea House, Co. Limerick,
B.A., New College, Oxford, assumed by Royal
Licence, 14 March, 1900, the additional
surname and arms of Goold, h. 6 Oct., 1874,
m. 30 Aug., 1900, Sibyl Mary, younger dau.
of Colonel Frederick Augustus Le Mesurier,
C.B., R.E., by Louisa Anne, dau. of John
Denis Browne, M.P., of Mount Browne, Co.
Mayo, grandson of Peter, 1st Earl of Altamont,
and nephew of John Denis, 1st Marquis of
Sligo, K.P. Issue : —
1. Hamilton Neil Stuart Goold-Verschoyle, b.
19 Dec, 1904.
1. Eileen Mary Goold-Verschoyle.
2. Sheila Dorothea Goold-Verschoyle.
3. Wyudham Goold, M.P., Co. Limerick, 1850-54, d. unm.
27 Nov., 1854.
1. Emily Mary Goold, m. 19 Jan., 1831, the Rev. John George
Wynne, Rector of Lorum, Co. Carlow, 2nd son of the
Rev. Henry Wynne, Rector of Killucan, (by Katherine,
dau. of John Eckersall, of Claverton House, near Bath,
by Catherine, dau. of Samuel Wathen, M.D.), 3rd son of
the Right Hon. Owen Wynne, M.P., of Hazlewood, Co.
Sligo. She d. 15 Aug., 1874, and her husband d. 1854,
having had issue : —
(1.) Wyndham Henry Wynne, of Corris House, Bagenals-
town, Co. Carlow, and Glendalough Lodge, Rathdrum,
Co. Wicklow, J.P., h. 8 Aug., 1840, m. 5 July, 1893,
his cousin, Sophia Sarah, dau. of George Wynne, 2nd
Dragoons, (Scots Greys), by Clara, dau. of the Rev.
Henry Wynne.
(1.) Emily Rebecca Wynne.
(2.) Clara Frances Wynne.
(3.) Fanny Stella Wynne.
(4.) Alice Catherine Wynne, m. 15 March, 1870, her
cousin, Albert Augustus Wynne, of Tigroney, Ovoca,
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and Glendalough Cottage, Rathdrum, J.P., 3rd son
of the Rev. Henry Wynne, Rector of Ardcolm, Co.
Wexford, by Marianne, dau. of Solomon Richards, of
Roebuck, Co. Dublin, and has issue : —
i. John Brian Wynne, h. 28 July, 1876.
ii. Charles Wyndham Wynne, 6. 29 May, 1895.
i. Emily Adelaide Wynne.
ii. Winifred Frances Wynne.
iii. Alice Clara Veronica Wynne.
Caroline Susan Goold, m. 2 April, 1830, Sir Robert Gore-
Booth, 4th Bart., of Lissadell, Co. Sligo, Lord Lieutenant
andCustosRotulorum, Co. Sligo, M.P. Co. Sligo, 1850-76,
who d. 21 Dec, 1876, and d. 16 Jan., 1855, having had two
sons and four daus. : —
(1,) Robert Newcomen Gore- Booth, Lieut. 4th Light
Dragoons, h. 1831, m. 6 Sept., 1860, Mary, younger
dau. of Rowland Eyles Egerton-Warburton, of War-
burton Hall and Arley Hall, Cheshire, by Mary, dau.
of Sir Richard Brooke, Bart., of Nort-on Priory,
Cheshire. He d.s.j)., v.p., 29 Oct., 1861, and his widow
m. 2nd, 4 Nov., 1865, John Ussher.
(2.) Sir Henry William Gore-Booth, 5th Bart., of Lissa-
dell, J.P., D.L.. High Sheriff Co. Sligo, 1872, 6. July,
1843, m. 29 April, 1867, Georgina Mary, only dau. of
Colonel Charles John Hill, by Lady Frances Charlotte
Arabella Lumley, sister of Richard George, 9th Earl
of Scarbrough, and dau. of Frederick Lumley-
Savile, by Charlotte Mary, dau. of the Right Rev.
George de la Poer Beresford, D.D., Bishop of Kilmore.
Sir Henry Gore-Booth d. 13 Jan., 1900, having had
issue : —
i. Sir Josslyn Augustus Richard Gore- Booth, 6th
Bart., of Lissadell, High Sheriff Co. Sligo,
1904, late Lieut. Royal Munster Fusiliers,
b. 25 Feb., 1869, m. 12 June, 1907, Mary, dau.
of the Rev. Savile Richard William L'Estrange-
Malone, Rector of Dalton Holme, Yorkshire,
by Frances Mary Foljambe, sister of Cecil
George Savile, Ist Earl of Liverpool.
ii. Mordaunt Gore-Booth, 6. 5 Dec, 1878, m. 31
Jan., 1906, Evelyn Mary, elder dau. of Robert
Stanley Scholfield, of Sandhall, Howden,
Yorks., by Ada EUzabeth, dau. of the Rev.
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Thomas Bradley Paget, Canon of York, by
Sophia, dau. of Sir Edmund Beckett, Bart.,
M.P., and sister of Edmund, 1st Lord Grim-
thorpe.
i. Constance Georgina Gore-Booth, m. 29 Sept.
1900, M. Casimir Joseph Duniri de Markievicz,
of Zyvolavaka, Poland, and has : —
Moeve Alys de Markievicz.
ii. Eva Selina Gore-Booth.
iii. Mabel Olive Gore-Booth, m. 1 Dec, 1900,
Charles Percival Foster, late Lieut. 2nd
Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys), son of John
Foster, of Coombe Park, Oxfordshire, J.P.,
D.L., and has issue : —
1. John Mordaunt Foster.
1. Moira Foster.
(1.) Caroline S. Gore-Booth, d. 17 Nov., 1833.
(2.) Emily Frances Graham Gore-Booth, m. 26 June,
1860, Major Charles Bradstreet Wynne, J.P., of
Clogherevagh, Co. Sligo, late 90th Light Infantry and
Sligo Rifles, 2nd son of Owen Wynne, of Ardaghowen,
Co. Sligo, son of William Wynne, Barrister-at-law, by
Eleanor, dau. of Sir William Bradstreet, Bart. Major
WjTine d. 1890, having had : —
i. Graham Owen Robert Wynne, of Clogherevagh,
Capt. late 18th Royal Irish Regt., h. 22 July,
1862, m. 7 July, 1897, the Hon. Maud Anna
Monis, dau. of Michael, 1st Lord Killanin,
and has : —
1. Sydney Michael Wynne, h. 12 May, 1898.
1. Brigid Wynne.
2. Gundred Mary Wynne.
ii. Henry Edward Wynne, of Lakeview, Co.
Leitrim, J.P., 6. 7 May, 1865, m. April, 1898,
Emily ^^na Phillippa, dau. of Lieut. -Colonel
Francis Stewart Mansfield, of Castle Wray,
Co. Donegal, J.P., D.L., by Anna PhilUppa,
dau. of George Simon Harcourt, M.P., of
Ankerwycke, Bucks,, and has ;—
1. Gerard Wynne, h. 16 March, 1899.
2. Ronald Wynne, h. 28 Aug., 1900.
i. Caroline Susan Augusta Wynne, d. April, 1902
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(3.) Augusta Elizabeth Gore-Booth, d. 13 March, 1906.
(4) Fanny Stella Anne Gore-Booth, m. 1 Nov., 1870, Owen
Wynne, of Hazlewood, Co. Sligo, J.P., D.L., son of
the Eight Hon. John Arthur Wynne, of Hazlewood,
M.P. for Sligo 1820-32, by Lady Anne Wandesforde-
Butler, dau. of James, 1st Marquis of Ormonde, K.P.
Mrs. Wynne d. 1 March, 1887, having had issue : —
i. Muriel Caroline Louisa Wynne, m. 22 June, 1892,
Philip Dudley Perceval, son of Alexander
Perceval, of Temple House, Co. Sligo, and has
a dau. : —
Dorothy Sophie Perceval.
ii, Evelyn Mary Wynne, m. 24 July, 1901, Henry
George L'Estrange, youngest son of Chris-
topher Carleton L'Estrange, of Kevinsfort,
Co. Sligo, and has : —
1. Stella Muriel L'Estrange.
2. EUzabeth Charlotte L'Estrange.
iii. Madeline Mary Wynne.
iv. Dorothy Adelaide Wynne.
3. Augusta Charlotte Goold, m. 13 Aug., 1836, her cousin,
Edwin Richard, 3rd Earl of Dunraven and Mountearl,
K.P., Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum Co.
Limerick, who d. 6 Oct., 1871. Lady Dunraven d. 22
Nov., 1866, having had one son and five daus. : —
(1.) Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of
Dunraven and Mountearl, K.P., Lord Lieutenant and
Custos Rotulorum Co. Limerick, of Adare Manor, Co.
Limerick, and Dunraven Castle, Glamorganshire, late
Lieut. First Life Guards, Hon. Colonel 3rd Co. of
London Imp. Yeo., Glamorgan R.G.A., and 5th
Batt. Royal Munster Fus., h. 12 Feb., 1841, m.
29 April, 1869, Florence EUzabeth, 2nd daughter
of Lord Charles Lennox Kerr, son of William, 6th
Marquis of Lothian, K.T., by Lady Harriet Scott,
dau. of Henry, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch, K.G., K.T.,
and has had issue : —
i. Lady Florence Enid Wyndham-Quin, d. 1 July,
1891.
ii. Lady Rachel Charlotte Wyndham-Quin, m. 28
Oct., 1897, Desmond FitzJohn Lloyd Fitz-
Gerald, The Knight of Glin, of Glin Castle, Co.
Limerick, High Sheriff that Co., 1904,
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Capt. South of Ireland Imp. Yeo., and d. ."50
Jan., 1901, leaving a son : —
Desmond Windham Otho FitzGerald. 6, 20
Jan., 1901.
iii. Lady Aileen Mary Wvndham-Quin.
(1.) Lady Caroline Adelaide Wvndham-Quin, d. 2 July,
1853.
(2.) Lady Augusta Emily Wyndham-Quin, ni. i March,
1867, Colonel Sir Arthur Pendarves Vivian, K.C.B.,
M.P., of Glenafon, Glamorganshire, brother of Henrv,
IstLord Swansea, and d. 11 Feb., 1877, lea^^ng four
children : —
i. Henry Wyndham Vivian, b. 4 Feb., 18fi8, m. 19
Jan., 1899, Lady Maude Clements, third dau..
of Robert Bermingham, 4th Earl of Leitrim,
by Lady Winifred Coke, dau. of Thomas
VTilliam, 1st Earl of Leicester, K.G. He d. 17
Nov., 1901, leaving a dau. :—
Audrey Emily Vivian.
ii. George .William Vivian, Commander R.N., b. 10
June, 1869.
i. Caroline Mabel Vivian, in. 21 June, 1904, Capt.
the Hon. James Ulysses Graham Raymond
Colborne, S. Staffordshire Regt., 3rd son of
James, 2nd Lord Seaton, by the Hon. Char-
lotte de Burgh, dau. and co-heir of Ulysses,
last Lord Downea.
ii. Clarice Gertrude Vivian.
(3.) Lady Mary Frances Wyndham-Quin, in. 12 Aug.,
1868, the Right Hon. Arthur Hugh Smith- Barry,
P.C, M.P., of Marbury Hall, Cheshire and Fota
Island, Co. Cork, subsequently created Lord Barry-
more, and d. 21 Sept., 1884, leaving an only dau. : —
Hon. Geraldine Smith-Barry, m. 18 July, 1893,
Henry Burleigh Letham Overend, who d. 12
May, 1904.
(4.) Lady Edith Wyndham-Quin, d. 10 April, 1885.
(5.) Lady Emily Anna Wyndham-Quin.
II. Catherine Anne Nixon, d. 13 Sept., 1873, aged over 90.
III. Frances Stella Nixon, «?. 17 Jan., 1820, Sir Stephen Edward May,
Knt., M.P. for Belfast 1814-16, and by him, who d. 29 Oct.,
1845, had issue : —
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1. Edward May, d. umn. 20 Nov., 1845.
2. Stephen May, d. unm. 20 June, 1858.
3. Arthur May, d. unm. 9 June, 1901.
4. Humphrey May, d. unm. 11 Nov., 1861.
1. Emily Mary May, d. at Lissadell, 1 Jan., 1857.
The third son of the Rev. Brinsley Nixon (p. 141), was : —
HORATIO STOPFORD NIXON, Capt. R.N., m. 3 May, 1824,
Charlotte, sister of John Fergus, of Strathore, Fifeshire, M.P. Kirk-
caldy 1835-7, and Fifeshire 1847-59, and 3rd dau. of Walter Fergus, of
Strathore, by Charlotte Whyte, his wife. Capt. Nixon d. 14 Dec, 1838,
and his widow d. 8 March, 1853, leaving an only child : —
BRINSLEY DE COURCY NIXON, of Seafield, Westward Ho !
North Devon, and 27 CoUingham Gardens, South Kensington, S.W.,
formerly Lieut. Fife Artillery, b. 5 May, 1825, m. 1st, 30 June, 1864, his
cousin Caroline Mary, dau. of the Ven. Frederick Falkiner Goold, M.A.,
Archdeacon of Raphoe (see p. 144). She d. s.p. 10 May, 1875, and Mr.
Nixon m. 2nd, 6 Oct., 1878, Frances Evelyn, youngest dau. of Thomas
Inglis Hampton, of Worcester Park, Surrey, and d. 18 April, 1903,
leaving by his second marriage two sons and two daus. : —
I. FERGUS BRINSLEY, of whom presently.
II. Brinsley Hampton Nixon, of Seafield, Devon, B.A., Trin. Coll.,
Cambridge, 1906, b. 7 June, 1884, m. 18 Dec, 1906, Ehzabeth,
eldest dau. of Arthur David Hughes, and grand-dau. of John
Hughes, founder of the New Russian Company, and has twin
daus. : —
1. Elizabeth Nina Nixon.
2. Nancy Gladys Nixon.
I. Charlotte Evelyn Nixon.
II. Gladys Elizabeth Nixon, m. 10 Nov., 1903, the Hon. Hugh
Grosvenor, late Lieut. 14th Hussars, eldest son of Richard de
Aquila, 1st Lord Stalb ridge, who was brother of Hugh Lupus,
1st Duke of Westminster, K.G., and younger son of Richard,
2nd Marquis of Westminster, K.G., and has a son : —
Hugh Raufe Grosvenor, b. 17 Aug., 1904.
The elder son : —
FERGUS BRINSLEY NIXON, Capt. 6th InniskilHng Dragoons,
served in the South African War, 1901-2, on Staff, took part in the
operations in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, June, 1901, to 30
May, 1902, for which he has a medal with five clasps. He was 6. 16 Oct.,
1880.
Arms of HIGINBOTHAM, on record in Ulster's Office.
Ermine, on a cross engrailed gules, five mullets pierced or, in the first and
fourth quarters a lion passant guardant azure. Crest — An arm
embowed vambraced, the hand grasping a sword all ppr. pierced
through a mullet or.
To face p. 151.
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CHAPTER IX.
HiGINBOTHAM OF NUTPIRLD.
The eldest dau. of George Nixon, of Granshagh, Co. Fermanagh,
(p. 47), was :
ANNE NIXON, m. Thomas Higinbotham,* of Tullymaglowny,
Drung, Co. Cavan, Quarter -Master in the army of William III. He
made his will 22 July, 1731, with a codicil 7 May, 1736. It was proved
1 Dec, 1737. Mr. Higinbotham, who in his early married life resided
at Lisduff, Co. Cavan, had by Anne Nixon, his wife, who d. between
1731 and 1736, five sons and two daus. : —
I. Ralph Higinbotham. I
II. George Higinbotham, living 1752, date of his uncle Jame»
Nixon's will, dead 1762, date of his brother, Andrew's will.
There is a Clogher Marriage Licence, 12 Aug., 1712, between
George Higinbotham, of Lisduff, Co. Cavan, and Frances
Wilmott, of Clogher diocese. It is possible that both Ralph
and George left descendants.
III. William Higinbotham.
IV. THOMAS (Rev.), of whom later, p. 157.
V. ANDREW, of whom immediately.
I. Elizabeth Higinbotham, m. Mark Brooke, and was living 1731
date of her father's will.
II. Aime Higinbotham, m. Kilmore Ucence, 11 Nov., 1713, Samuel
Seaman, of Culhntra, Co. Cavan, and was living 1752, date
of her uncle, James Nixon's will.
The youngest son : —
ANDREW HIGINBOTHAM, of TuUymaglowny (or Nutfield),
Co. Cavan, m. Mary, eldest dau. and coheiress of Thomas Higinbotham,
of Drumheriff, Co. Cavan, sou of William Higinbotham. | Andrew
* The name has very frequently been spelled Higginbotham, but Thomaa
Higinbotham in 1736 signed his name with one " g," and his descendants have
consistently adhered to this spelling. Where the different form is used it will
usually be found to be the error of a clerk or copyist.
t Probably the Ralph Higinbotham who rn. 1729 Mary, widow of Wilham Akie,
of AughnamuUen, Co. Monaghan, and dau. of — Dawson. (Exch. Bill, 30 Oct.
1733, Higinbotham v. Kerr).
X Exch. Bill, 1 Feb. 1766, Higinbotham v. Cochrane, states that Thomas
Higinbotham, of Drumheriff, the elder, (son of William) took a lease of that place
17 Dec. 1724 from Theophilus Clements, and d. 12 July, 1705, having had no sons,
but five daus., Mary, m. Andrew Higinbotham ; Anne, m. William Cochrane,
of Co. Monaghan ; Elizabeth, m. Henry Dawson, of Drumheriff ; Lydia, m. Hugh
Hamilton, of Carvitragh, Co. Monaghan ; and Catherine, m. John Forster, of Carack,
Co. Monaghan, and d. before 1765, leaving a dau. Jane Forster^
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Higinbotham d. (will dated 22 June, 1762, proved, 4 April, 1763),
and his widow d. 1765 (will dated 7 Jan., proved 4 April), having had
three sons and four daus. : —
I. Thomas Higinbotham, of Farmley, Co. DubUn, for thirty-six
years Treasury Cashier, m. at St. Andrew's, Dublin, 12 Dec,
1761, his cousin, Mary, 2nd dau. of George Nixon, of Nixon
Hall, Co. Fermanagh, High Sheriff, 1743, and d. " near the
Phoenix Park," 10 Dec, 1795, having had issue : —
1. Robert Higinbotham, d. intest., admon., 31 Sept., 1801.*
1. Hannah Higinbotham, m. settlements, 5 Oct., 1793, her
first cousin, Capt. Andrew Nixon, of Belnaleck, Co.
Fermanagh, 4th son of Alexander Nixon, of Nixon Hall,
and d. 28 April, 1829, having had issue, for whom see p. 70.
2. Jane Higinbotham, m. 1796, the Rev. George Horan, and
d. at Bath, March, 1815, having had issue : —
(1.) Mary Horan, m. her cousin, David WilUam Thompson,
and had issue, see p. 158.
(2.) Georgina Jane Horan, m. 14 April, 1826, her cousin,
the Rev. Robert Wood Kyle, and had issue, see p. 160.
II. HENRY, of whom presently.
HI. Andrew Higinbotham, of the Irish Treasury, m. Nov. 1787,
Mary, dau. of John Battersby, of Lakefield, Co. Meath, J.P.,
by Elizabeth Shields, and d. 1 Jan., 1810, having had issue : —
1. Henry Higinbotham.
2. Charles Coote Higinbotham.
3. John Higinbotham.
1. Sarah Higinbotham.
2. Anne Higinbotham.
3. Frances Higinbotham.
4. Catherine Higinbotham.
I. Anne Higinbotham.
II. Lydia Higinbotham.
III. Mary Higinbotham, m. McGuire, and had issue.f
IV. Catherine Higinbotham.
The youngest son : —
HENRY HIGINBOTHAM, of The Irish Treasury, m. Jane, widow
of James Dobbin, aunt of Sir William Verner, Bart., and 3rd dau. of
David Verner, of Gillis, Co. Armagh, by EHzabeth, only dau. of John
* Registered Pedigree, Ulster's OflSce.
t Registered Pedigree of Higinbotham, Ulster's Office.
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Grossle, of Armagh. He d. 5 Oct., 1789, Laving had by her, who d.
31 May, 1828, three sons and two daus. : —
I. THOMAS, of whom later, p. 154.
II. HENRY, of whom immediately.
III. Andrew Higinbothara, of the Irish Treasury, d. 8 July, 1854.
I. Mary Higinbotham.
II. Charlotte Higinbotham, d. 21 May, 1845, aged 60.
The second son : — ^
HENRY HIGINBOTHAM, of Nutfield, and of Mountjoy Square,
Dubhn, m. May, 1812, Sarah, dau. of Joseph Wilson, and d. at Exeter,
1851, having had by her, who d. 18 March, 1861, six sons and two daus. :-
I. Henry Higinbotham, of Nutfield, 6. 5 April, 1813, d. unm.
II. Joseph Wilson Higinbotham, (Rev.) B.A., T.C.D., 1837, 6. 11
Feb., 1815, d. unm., 22 Oct., 1872.
III. Thomas Higinbotham, Engineer in Chief Victorian Railways,
1860-80, h. 22 Jan., 1819, d. unm., 5 Sept., 1880.
IV. William Higinbotham, h. 2 Dec, 1822.
V. Robert Higinbotham, (Rev.), B.A., T.C.D., 1847, M.A., 1857,
Curate of Derry Cathedral, h. 9 April, 1824, m. 1855, Josephine,
dau. of Colonel Jones, 12th Regt. He d. 1857 of typhus fever
contracted in the discharge of his duty. A mural tablet wae
erected to his memory in Derry Cathedral, with the following
epitaph byWilliam Alexander, now Archbishop of Armagh : —
Down through our crowded lanes, and closer air,
0 friend, how beautiful thy footsteps were ;
When through the fever's waves of fire they trod,
A form was with thee hke the Son of God.
'Twas but one step for those victorious feet.
From their day's work unto the goiaen street ;
And they who watch'd that walk, so bright and brief,
Have mark'd this marble with their hope and grief.
VI. GEORGE, of whom presently.
I. Rosanna Higinbotham, d. Nov., 1869.
II. Jane Higinbotham.
The youngest son : —
GEORGE HIGINBOTHAM, Chief Justice of Victoria, 1886-92.
Puisne Judge 1880-86, Scholar, T.C.D., 1846, B.A., 1849, M.A., 1853,
6. 19 April, 1826, m. 30 Sept., 1854 Margaret, dau. of John Foreman.
After a very distinguished career, he d. 31 Dec, 1892. His Life, by his
son-in-law, E. E. Morris, was published by Macmiilan in 1895. Issue : —
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I. George Higinbotham, b. 4 Dec, 1865.
11. Edward Higinbotham, Barrister-at-law, b. 10 Oct., 1869.
I. Edith Sarah Higinbotham, m. 7 Jan., 1878, Edward Ellis Morris,
M.A., Litt. D., son of John Carnac Morris. She d. 1896,
leaving by him, who d. 1 Jan., 1902, issue : —
1. Arthur Edward Morris, M.B., Melbourne, 6. 16 Nov., 1879.
1. Hilda Margaret Morris.
2. Gladys Edith Morris.
3. Cherry Morris.
II. AUce Mary Higinbotham, m. 19 Sept., 1893, FitzHugh Annesley
Lyon, R.N.K., Comm. P. and 0. Service, 3rd son of Lieut.-
Colonel W. C. Lyon, 92nd Highlanders, by Sophia Howell,
dau. of Thomas May, of St. Michael's Lodge, Stoke, and
has : —
1. FitzHugh Conway Lyon, b. 6 April, 1895.
2. Frank Annesley Lyon, 6. 31 March, 1901.
III. Maud Higinbotham, m. 9 April, 1895, the Rev. Charles Darby
Reade, M.A., J.P., London and Middlesex, and has : —
1. Charles Re veil Reade, b. 19 March, 1897.
2. Hugh Revell Reade, 6. 3 April, 1901.
3. George Aitkeu Revell Reade, b. 29 June, 1904.
4. Henry Revell Reade, b. 6 April, 1906.
1. Maud Revell Reade.
2. Ehzabeth Revell Reade.
IV. Ethel Higinbotham, d. 28 Dec, 1872.
We now return to the eldest son of Henry Higinbotham and Jane
Verner (p. 153) : —
THOMAS HIGINBOTHAM, of Mount] oy Square, DubUn, 2nd
Teller of the Exchequer, m. Sept., 1800, Jane, dau. of the Ven. Conway
Benning, LL.D., Archdeacon of Dromore, (see Appendix, p. 197), and
d. 12 Feb., 1826 (will proved 4 March) leaving two daus. : —
I. ANNE, of whom presently.
II. Jane Higinbotham, m. 1830, the Rev. Henry Martin, Rector
of Larne, Co. Antrim, and d. s.p. 1859.
The elder dau. : —
ANNE HIGINBOTHAM, m. 20 Dec, 1824, James Martin, of Ross,
Co. Galway, J.P., D.L., High Sheriff 1826, M.A., T.C.D., and had five
daus. • —
I. Mary Martin, m. 4 Jan., 1844. Thomas Barklie, of Inver, Larne,
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Co. Antrim, who d. 21 Nov., 1894, and d. 27 March, 1902,
having had issue : —
1. Robert Martin Barklie, Colonel R.E., 6. 30 Jan., 1846,
m. 9 March, 1894, Janet, dau. of Henry Ward, of Gatwick,
Essex, and d. s.p. 30 Aug., 1903.
1. Helen Montgomery Barklie, now of Inver.
II. EMILY ANNE, of whom presently.
III. Elizabeth Martin, m. 1860, William Beauman Kennedy, of
Annfield, Brannoxtown, Co. Kildare, 2nd son of Sir John
Kennedy, Bart., of Johnstown Kennedy, Co. Dublin, and by
him, who d. 1884, had at her death, 10 March, 1906, issue : —
1. William Horace Kennedy, of Annfield, Capt. late 60th
Rifles, served in the Egyptian war of 1882, 6. 26 Nov.,
1860, m. 1st, 12 Dec, 1889, Ada, dau. of Surgeon-
General John Warren, and by her, who d. Aug., 1894,
has one son : —
John Horace Kennedy, b. 1890.
Capt. Kennedy m. 2nd, 1895, Sophia Thomasina
Constable, dau. of Capt. Constable Curtis, late 12th
Lancers, of the Hall, Berkhamsted, Herts, by
Henrietta Mary Anne, dau. of Charles Berwick
Curtis, son of Sir William Curtis, Bart.
2. Robert Arthur Francis Kennedy, h. 1869, d. 5 Aug., 1906.
1. Maria Kennedy.
2. Constance Kennedy, m. 27 Feb., 1889, Major Arthur
Trevelyan Moore, R.E., son of Sir William Moore, K.C.I.E.,
and has issue : —
(1). Ruby Dorothy Caragh Moore.
(2). Esmee Marion Glenda Moore.
(3). Leila Constance Moore.
3. Marion Alice Kennedy, m. 25 July, 1901, George Leycester-
Penrhyn, of Abbeylands, Clane, Co. Baldare, son of
Edward Hugh Leycester-Penrhyn, D.L., of East Sheen,
Surrey, by Vere, dau. of Robert Gosling, D.L., of Botley's
Park, Surrey, and Hassobury, Essex, and has a dau. : —
Vere Leycester-Penrhyn.
4. Violet Kennedy, d. 1891.
IV. Maud Martin, w. 6 Oct., 1856, Henry Callwell, of Dalriada,
Ballycastle, Co. Antrim, and d. 22 May, 1898, having had :—
1. Charles Edward Callwell, C.B. (1907), Colonel, R.A.,
General Staff Officer, Head Quarters of Army, retired
1907, b. 2 April, 1859.
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1. Josephine Mary Oallwell.
V. Josephine Martin, d, unm.
The second dau. of James Martin and Anne Higinbothara : —
EMILY ANNE MARTIN, m. 1st, 27 April, 1843, James McCalmont,
of Abbeylands and Breen, Co. Antrim, J.P., youngest son of Hugh
McCahnont, of Abbeylands, by Elizabeth Allen, dau. of Thomas
Barklie, of Inver, and by him, who d. 18 July, 1849, had two sons : —
I. HUGH, (Sir) of whom presently.
II. James Martin McCalmont, of Hollywood House, Belfast, M.P.,
East Antrim, Hon. Colonel Royal Antrim Artillery, late
Capt. 8th Hussars, and A.D.C. to the Lord Lieutenant of
Ireland, 6. 23 May, 1847, m. 14 Oct., 1880, Mary Caroline,
dau. of Colonel Robert WilUam Romer, and has issue : —
1. Robert Chaine Alexander McCalmont, Capt. Irish Guards,
h. 29 Aug., 1881, served in the S. Afr. War, 1900,
(Queen's medal with 2 clasps), m. 16 Nov., 1907, Molly,
dau. of Andrew Skeen, M.D., and step-dau. of Sir Henry
Thoby Prinsep, K.C.I.E.
1. Margaret McCalmont.
Mrs. J. McCalmont m. 2nd 12 Oct., 1853, Augustine Hugh Barton, 2nd
son of Dunbar Barton, of Rochestown, Co. Tipperary, 6th son of
William Barton, of Grove, Co. Tipperary, by Grace, sister of Sir Hugh
Dillon Massy, Bart., of Doonas, Co. Clare, and by him, who d. 23 Oct.,
1874, had at her death, 30th Nov., 1907, further issue :—
I. Emily Alma Barton, tn. as liis second wife 21 April, 1881, Sir
George Frederick Brooke, Bart., of Summerton, Co. DubUn,
son of Francis Richard Brooke, by the Hon. Henrietta
Monck, dau. of Charles, 3rd Viscount Monck, and by him,
(who had also issue by his first marriage) had issue : —
1. Francis Hugh Brooke, 2nd Lieut. 60th Rifles, served in
St. Helena during the S. Afr. War (Queen's medal), 6. 10
Nov., 1882.
2. Augustine Henry Brooke, Lieut. Indian Cavalry, late
4th Dragoon Guards, 6. 25 Feb., 1884.
3. Raymond Frederick Brooke, 6. 2 June, 1885.
4. Arthur Charles Brooke, h. 26 Sept., 1886.
5. John Brooke, Sub-Lieut. R.N., h. 2 Oct., 1887.
6. Basil Gerald Brooke, h. 10 March, 1894.
7. Geoffrey Thomas Brooke, 6. 19 Oct., 1896.
1. Emily Henrietta Brooke.
2. Rose Dorothv Brooke.
I
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II. Rose Mary Barton, known for her paintings.
The elder son : —
MAJOR-GENERAL SIR HUGH McCALMONT, K.C.B., C.V.O.,
of Abbeylands, Colonel 7th Hussars, 30 May, 1907, formerly Lieut.-
Colonel 4th Dragoon Guards, M.P. North Antrim, 1895-99, served
in the Red River Exped. 1870; Ashanti War, 1873 (medal); Russo.
Turkish War, 1877-8, as military attache, (Turkish war medal, brev. of
Major); S. Afr. War, 1879 (despatches, medal with clasp, brev. of
Lieut.-Col.) ; Afghan War 1879-80 (despatches) ; Egypt. Exped. 1882
(despatches, medal with clasp, bronze star, 3rd Medjidie) ; Soudan
Exped. 1884-5, (despatches, clasp, C.B.), commanded 8th Div. 3rd Army
Corps, K.C.B., 1900, was b. 9 Feb., 1847, and m. 29 Sept., 1886, the
Hon. Rose Elizabeth Bingham, dau. of John Charles, 4th Lord Clan-
morris. He has an only son : —
Dermot Hugh Bingham McCalraont, 2nd Lieut. 7th Hussars,
h. 10 April, 1887, heir to the property of his cousin, the late
Colonel H. L. B. McCalmont, C.B., M.P.
To return to the fourth son of Thomas Higinbotham and Anne
Nixon, (p. 151). This was : —
THE REV. THOMAS HIGINBOTHAM, h. about 1701 at Lisduff,
Co. Cavan, educated at DubHn under Thos. Sheridan, entered Trinity
College, DubUn, 11 Nov., 1718, aged 17, Scholar, 1721, B.A., 1723, M.A.,
1726, ordained deacon in St. Peter's, Dublin, 24 Jan., 1727, priest in
Clogher Cathedral, 16 June, 1728, Curate of Enniskillen about 1734,
afterwards Rector of Pettigo,* a schoolmaster, f and chaplain to Sir
James Caldwell's Light Horse, J m. Anne Ehzabeth, dau. of the Rev.
Robert Higinbothom,§ of Laurel Hill, Co. Derry and d. "at his house
near Clogher, Co. Tyrone," May, 1762, {Belfast Newsletter, 25 May).
In his will, dated 2 July, 1761, proved 20 Dec, 1762, he mentions
his four children, given below. His widow, who lived at Summerhill,
DubUn, d. 1800 (will dated 20 March, proved 2 July) lea^^ng her property
to her daus., and her grand-dau., Anne Ehzabeth, dau. of her late son,
Capt. Thomas Higinbotham. The Rev. Thomas Higinbotham had
issue : —
* The authority for this statement is Burke's Landed Oeviry, " Kyle of Laurel
Kill."
^ t Exchequer Bill. .30 Nov., 1762, Cairns v. Higinbotham.
X Lord Belmore, in The Ulster Journal of Archceology, 1898, p. 33, states that
the Earl of Halifax, Lord Lieutenant, earnestly requested, at the instigation of
the then Secretary to Pitt, and cou.sin german to Mrs. Higinbotham. widow of the
Rev. Thos. Higinbotham, chaplain to Sir J. Caldwell's Light Horse, that Sir .James
would permit her to sell the chaplaincy for the benefit of her family. Mrs. T.
Higinbotham's mother, wife of the Rev. Robert H.. was Martha Wood, aimt of
Robert Wood, M.P., statesman and traveller, Under Secretary of State, 1756-63,
(see Diet, of Nat. Biog.).
§The Higinbothome of Laurel Hill spelled the final syilablei of their name
om.
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I. Thomas Higinbotham, Lieut., H.E.I.C.S., 1 Jan., 1782, apparently
afterwards Capt., d. at EUore in India, Dec, 1793, leaving
a dau. : —
Anne Elizabeth Higinbotham, m. Robert Amos, of Royal
Canal House, Broadstone, Dublin.
II. Robert Higinbotham, (Rev.), of North Cope St., Dubhn, d.
intestate, admon., 12 Feb., 1818, to his niece, Mrs. Amos,
saving the right of his sister, Mrs. Wright.
I. MARTHA, of whom immediately.
II. Sarah Corry Higinbotham.
The elder dau. : —
MARTHA HIGINBOTHAM, m. marriage lie. 16 April, 1762, the Rev.
Henry Wright, M.A., Curate of Bray, Co. Wicklow, 1765,* who d. before
1800, and had three daus. : —
I. Anne Elizabeth Wright, m. William Thompson, of Oatlands, Co.
Meath, eldest son of David Thompson, of Oatlands, by Anne,
dau. of George Higinbotham, of Larghy, Co. Cavan, and by
him, who d. 8 Dec, 1851, had two sous and three daus. : —
1. David William Thompson, of Liverpool, h. 1798, m. his
cousin Mary, elder dau. of the Rev. George Horan, by
Jane, dau. of Thomas Higinbotham, by Mary, dau. of
George Nixon, of Nixon Hall, and d. 24 Sept., 1840,
having had by her, who d. 6 Nov., 1870, two sons and
three daus. : —
(1.) William Thompson, m. 12 June, 1844, Jane, 2nd dau.
of Leonard Watson, of Warrenpoint, and d. 27 Jan.,
1873, having had issue : —
i. David Thompson, 6. 5 Aug., 1851.
i. Anne Thompson, m. 15 Nov., 1873, R. C. Far-
thing, of Toronto, Canada.
ii. Mary Horan Thompson, m. 12 Sept., 1877, Capt.
Spencer Henry Mackay, 101st (now Munster)
Fusiliers, and has issue : —
1. Spencer Edward Mackay, 6. 11 Sept., 1878.
2. William Mackay, 6. 15 Nov., 1879.
1. Ethel Maude Vansittart Mackay.
iii. Martha Christina Thompson, m. March, 1874,
Richard Pendleton, and d. 1881, leaving a
dau, : —
* Information from Mr. W. T. Kyle.
15d
Alainde de Burgh Pendleton, m. 6 Nov.,
1894, Arthur Gayford, and has one dau.
(2.) George Horan Thompson, b. 1822, m. 19 Dec, 1857,
Maria Theresa, 3rd dau. of Thomas Thompson, of
Springfield, Co. Wicklow.
(1.) Anne Thompson.
(2.) Emily Thompson.
(3.) Ellen Margaret Thompson, m. 17 Jan., 1860, Marcus
Charles Chichester Magrath, who d. 31 Dec, 1899,
and had two sons and four daus. : —
i. John ffolliott Magrath, 6. 6 Jan., 1861.
ii. Stewart Chichester Magrath, 6. 30 March, 1867,
m. Jime, 1891, Leila, dau. of George F.
Preston, of Liverpool, and has a son : —
John Reginald Chichester Magrath, b. 10
Feb., 1893.
i. Mary Louisa Magrath, w. Dec, 1895, Charles
H. Armstrong.
ii. Georgina Horan Magrath.
iii. Emily Mary Magrath, w. 17 Jan., 1894, Charles
H. Cuddy, and had a dau. : —
May Cuddy.
iv. Violet Rowena Magrath.
2. Henry Thompson.
1. Martha Thompson, m. 1841, James Haig, Ist Judge Madras
Civil Service, 2nd son of John Haig, of Bonnington, Mid-
lothian. She d.s.p. He d. 1854.
2. Elizabeth Mary Thompson, tn. 1836, her cousin, Henry
Kyle, see p. 165.
3. Frances Thompson.
II. MARTHA, of whom immediately.
III. Hannah Wright, m. Geoi^e Draper, of Dublin.*
The second dau. of the Rev. Henry Wright and Martha Higinbotham
was :
MARTHA WRIGHT, 6. 1772, m. 1795, Samuel Kyle, of Baggot
Street, Dublin, son of the Rev. Arthur Kyle, by Martha Wood, niece ol
Robert Wood, Under Secretary of State, M.P. for Brackley 1761-71,
the discoverer of the ruins of Balbec and PalnnTa ; (see Dictionary of
National Biography). She d, 1812, and her husband d. 1814, having
had five sons and five daus. : —
♦ Prom pedigree by Mr. William Thompson KyU.
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I. Arthur Kyle, d. unm.
II. Henry Wriglit Kyle, d. unm.
III. Samuel Kyle, d. unm.
IV. Eobert Wood Kyle, (Rev.) M.A., T.C.D., Vicar of Holy Trinity,
Guernsey, b. 1799, m. 14 April, 1826, his cousin Georgina Jane,
dau. of the Eev. George Horan, and d. 1850, leaving by her,
who d. 1868, a son : —
Arthur Wood Kyle, Barrister- at- law, b. 1827, d. umn. at
Melbourne, 1858.
V. HENRY, of whom later, p. 165.
I. Maria Loetitia Kyle, m. 1st, in Jime, 1825, the Rev. William John
Knox, MA. (son of Samuel Knox, of Coleraine), who d. 1839,
and 2nd, 1849, Henry Allen Griffith, Lieut. R.N., of Killycolp,
Co. Tyrone, (4th son of Richard Griffith, of Millicent, Co.
Kildare, M.P. for Askeaton), who d.s.p. 1860. She d. 1886,
having had by her first marriage three sons and three daus. : —
1. Samuel Wright Knox, 6. 1827, d. unm.
2. Robert Kyle Knox, M.A., LL.D., of Belfast, J.P. Co.
Antrim, b. 1837, m. Jan., 1866, Sara, dau. of Capt. John
Twigge, 80th Regt., and has issue : —
(1.) William Kyle Knox, b. 2 Nov., 1866.
(2.) Samuel Wright Knox, b. Feb., 1869, m. Sept., 1897,
Lucy Grace, younger dau. of Charles Murrough
O'Brien, 5th son of William Smith O'Brien, of Cahir-
moyle, Co. Limerick, M.P. for Ennis 1828-31 and Co.
Limerick 1835-49, brother of Lucius, 13th Lord Inchi-
quin. Issue :—
i. Robert Kyle Knox, b. 19 July, 1898.
ii. WiUiam O'Brien Knox, b. 9 Nov., 1901.
iii. Brian Knox, b. 14 May, 1904.
i. Dorothy Anne Knox.
(3.) George Murray Kyle Knox, b. Dec, 1871, m. 1 Jan.,
1898, Ailne Mary, elder dau. of Charles Murrough
O'Brien, above mentioned by Mary, eldest dau. of
James Watt, of Claragh, Co. Donegal, and has : —
i. William Charies Knox, b. 16 May, 1901.
ii. George Edward Knox, b. 22 Oct., 1903.
i. Mary Sara Knox.
(1.) Violet Knox.
(2.) Alice Maud Knox, w. 18 Aug., 1898, John Henry
Pigot, Barrister-at-law, and has issue ;—
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i. David Richard Pigot, b. 14 Jan., 1900.
ii. James Poole Maimsell Pigot, b. 30 Jan., 1901.
iii. John Henry Pigot, b. 9 Dec, 1906.
i. Anne Violet Pigot.
(3.) Dorothea Cecilia Knox, m. 6 Nov., 1900, Francis
Edward Cuming, and has issue : —
i. James Cuming, b. 24 Dec, 1904.
i. Florence Elizabeth Cuming.
(4.) Mary Kyle Knox, m. 3 April, UKX), Arthur Henry
Bates, K.C., and has : —
i. Victor Bates, b. 29 March, 1901.
ii. Theodore Bat€S, b. 18 June, 1902.
iii. Arthur Henry Bates, b. 17 Oct., 1907.
i. Phyllis Victor Bates.
3. George Murray Knox, 6. 1839, m. 1876, Hcdwig Camilla,
dau. of F. C. T. Piper, of Mecklenberg Schwerin, and had
a dau. : —
Hedwig Leonora Knox.
1. Ellen Murray Knox, m. 1859, the Rev. William Cotter, D.D.,
Incumbent of St. Luke's, Belfast, and had :—
(1.) Pearson Cotter.
(1.) Lily Cotter.
(2.) Mary Cotter.
2. Sara Matilda Knox, rn. 1861, George PhiUp Johnson, J.P.
of Ballynacash, Lisburn, Co. Antrim, and by him, who d.
May, 1880, had a dau. :—
Mary Elizabeth Knox Johnson.
3. Mary Elizabeth Knox, d. 1859.
II. Rachel Anna Kyle, d. unm.
III. Martha Eleanor Kyle, d. unm.
IV. Anna Lily Kyle, d. unm.
V. Emily Higinbotham Kyle, wi..l831, John Little, of Stewartstoxvn,
Co. Tyrone, and Upton Park, Slough, Bucks, son of Samuel
Little, of Stewartstown, and d. 9 Feb., 1875, having had by
him, who d. 8 Jan., 1889, eleven sons and one dau., viz. : -
1. Samuel Little, M.A., J.P., 6. 3 July, 1833, m. 1861, Hannah,
eldest dau. of Bryan Padgett Gregson, of Caton Hall,
Lancashire, J.P., D.L., and rf.r./). I Sept., 1880,
having had issue :- -
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(1.) Bryan Padgett Gregson Little, b. 9 March, 1862, d.
unm.
(2.) John Little, of Stainrigg, Colstream, N.B., 6. 26
April, 1867, m. 4 Nov., 1895, Agnes Stewart, elder
dau. of Sir John Usher, Bart., of Norton, Midlothian,
and Wells, Hawick, J. P., D.L., and has issue : —
1. John Little, h. 30 Jan., 1897.
1. Ellen Mary Little.
2. Joan Katharine Balmer Little.
(3.) Samuel Little, d. in infancy.
(1.) Hannah Gibson Little.
(2.) Emily Kyle Little, s. her aunt at Stewartstown.
(3.) Margaret Maudsley Little, d. 3 Jan., 1884.
(4.) Ellen Murray Little, d. 3 Aug., 1870.
(5.) Mary EveUne Little.
(6.) Kathleen Alice Little, m. 4 June, 1902, Arthur James
Meldrum, of Dechmont, Linlithgowshire, son of
Edward Meldrum, of Dechmont, J. P., D.L., and
has issue : —
1. John Patrick Arthur Meldrum, b. 3 Sept., 1903.
2. Hugh Thomas Meldrum, 6. 27 Aug., 1904.
Eobert Kyle Little, Capt. 97th Regt., with which he served
in the Crimea, (two medals with clasp, " Sebastopol "),
and in the 22nd Regt. with which he served in the Indian
Mutiny, including the relief of Lucknow, (medal and two
clasps), b. 4 Dec, 1834, m. 1868, Dora, eldest dau. of James
Irvine, of Springfield, Co. Tyrone, and d. 15 Jan., 1889,
having had issue : —
(1.) John Little, 6. 1 July, 1875.
(2.) Sydney Hamilton Little, b. 9 May, 1880
(1.) Mary Ormsby Little.
(2.) Emily Kyle Little.
(3.) Eleanor Murray Little.
(4:.) Hannah Little.
John Little, Capt. 20th Regt., (now Lancashire Fusiliers),
served in the Crimea, including Kinburn Expedition (three
medals and clasp " Sebastopol ") and the Indian Mutiny,
including the reUef of Lucknow (medal with two clasps),
b. 23 Nov., 1835, d. at Field Hospital, Cawnpore, 10 April,
1858.
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4. Henry Alexander Little, C.B., Lieut. -General in the army,
of Fair Leigh, Slough, J.P. Bucks, served with the 17th
Regiment in the Crimea after the fall of Sebastopol,
and with the 7th Royal Fusiliers in the N.W.
Frontier of India, 1864, forcing Umbeyla Pass
(medal and brevet Major), in Afghan war, 1880-1,
Chief of StafE, evacuation of Candahar (mentioned
in despatches, and received the thanks of Government,
G.O. 292, 1882) and in the Burmese Expedition 1886-7,
(mentioned in despatches, Tendon Gazette, 15 Nov., 1889,
C.B. 12 Nov., 1889), b. U Aug., 1837, m. 17 Jan., 1866,
Ellen Wade, elder dau. of David Peter Thompson, of
Stonestown and Park, King's Co., J.P., by Anna Maria,
dau. of George Thompson, of Clonskeagh Castle, Co.
Dubhn, and has had issue : —
(1.) John David George Little, Merton Coll., Oxford, h.
24 Feb., 1868, d. 10 Jan., 1907.
(1.) Gerard Eleanor Little.
5. Charles William Little, 6. 26 Oct., 1838, d. young.
6. William John Knox Little, (Rev.), Canon Residentiary of
Worcester, Proctor in Convocation, formerly Vicar of
Hoar Cross, Staffordshire, BA., Trin. Coll. Cambridge,
1862, M.A. 1865, a famous preacher, and author of many
works, b. 1 Dec, 1839, m. 1866, Amiie, eldest dau. of
Henry Gregson, of Moorlands, Lancaster, J.P., and has
issue : —
(1.) Arthur Henry Alban Knox Little, Ch.Ch. Oxford, b.
17 June, 1867, m. 1894, Ethel, dau. of James Sykes
Wright, of Monte Video and London, and has : —
1. Mary Knox Little.
2. Marjory Knox Little.
(2.) Frances Gore Knox Little, 6. 28 July, 1875.
(3.) Harold Edward Knox Little, 6. 14 Feb., 1877
(4.) Walter Lawrence Wood Knox Little, &. 4 Sept., 1878
(5.) William John Knox Little, 6. 7 Feb., 1881.
(6.) Charles Hugo Knox Little, R.N., b. 21 Nov., 1887.
(1.) Rose Emily Knox Little, m. 26 Nov., 1901, Frederick
Usher, of Broomhoase, Berwickshire, 4th son of Sir
John Usher, Bart., and has issue : —
1. Neil John WilHam Heriot Usher, b. 16 July, 1903.
2. Derick Oliver Heriot Usher, 6. 7 Oct., 1907.
'■; 1. Annette Mary Heriot Usher.
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(2.) Ehoda Edith Knox Little.
(3.) Ethel Annie Knox Little.
(4.) Mary Catherine Knox Little.
7. Francis Lawrence Gore Little, late Major R.A., Chief
Constable of Preston, Lancashire, served in command
of a detachment Royal Artillery in the Expeditionary
Force against the hostile natives of Yucatan 1861, Fort
Lieut, to Gov. of Jamaica 1861-4, b. 27 Aug., 1841, m. 11
Jan., 1871, Clara Hester, 3rd dau. of John Reynolds
Dickson, of Wood\ille, Co. Leitrim, and Kilbarron, Co.
Donegal, J. P., by Clara, dau. of Capt. John Skene,
C.B., R.N.. of Lethanty, Aberdeenshire, and has issue : —
(1.) John Francis Gore Little, B.A., Exeter Coll., Oxford,
b. 8 Jan., 1872.
(2.) William Hyacinth Patrick Gore Little, b. 16 March,
1876, m. 14 Sept., 1905, Clara Frances, dau. of Daniel
McAlpine, of Botcherby, Carlisle.
(1.) Clara Edythe Gore Little.
(2.) Violet Audley Gore Little, m. 14 June, 1906, Edward
Bridges Harford, only son of the Rev. Edward John
Harford, M.A., Canon Residentiary of Wells, and
has : —
Christopher Edward Audley Harford, 6. 22
March, 1907.
(3.) Mary Gore Little.
(4.) Joan Emily Gore Little.
8. Arthur Wood Little, b. 9 Aug., 1843, d. 28 May, 1863.
9. Charles Hardy Little, M.A., T.C.D. (Downes Divinity
Prizeman) and St. Edmund's Hall, Oxford, formerly Vicar
of Peasdown St. John, Somerset, British Chaplain at St.
Petersburg, Organising Sec. Add. Curates' Aid Soc, Vicar
of St. Martin's, Brighton, joined the Church of Rome,
1905, b. 29 AprU, 1845, m. 1873, Mary Ellen, 3rd dau. of
Bryan Padgett Gregson, J.P., D.L., of Caton, and has
issue : —
(1.) Charles Hardy Little, b. 18 June, 1874.
(1.) Mary Hardy Little.
10. Sydney Hamilton Little, M.A. Exeter Coll., Oxford,
formerly Vicar of Hordle, and Org. Sec. Nat. Soc. and
Add. Curates, joined the Church of Rome, 1881, late
H.M.'s Consul at Havannah, Madrid, and Cadiz, 6. 23
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June, 1849, m. 28 Oct., 1875, Edith Mary, eldest dau. of
John Locke Stratton, of Turweston House, Bucks, by
Mary Scott, dau. of John Horrocks, of Tullichewan Castle,
Dumbartonshire, and d. 1901, having had by her, who d.
22 Dec, 1907, issue ;—
(1.) Sydney Knox Hamilton Little, 2nd Lieut. 88th Regt.,
Connaught Rangers, served in South Afi-icau war with
City of London Volunteers (medal), wounded in the
campaign, 6. 23 Feb., 1878, d. in India, 19 Sept., 1903.
(2.) John Hamilton Little, b. 28 Jan., 1880, d. young.
(3.) Henry Charles Hamilton Little, b. 21 Dec, 1880.
(4.) Francis Hamilton Little, b. 18 Jan., 18a3.
(5.) Wilfrid Joseph Hamilton Little, b. 18 June, 1887.
(1.) Mary Bridgett Hamilton Little, m. 1905, John
Crowther- Smith, and has a son : —
Svdney Crowther-Smith , b. 1906.
(2.) Edith Agnes Hamilton Little, d. young.
11. Emilius George Higinbotham Little, (Rev.) M.A., T.C.D.,
sometime Asst. British Chapl. at St. Petersburg, Rector
of All Saints, Inverary, 6. 6 April, 1853, m. 4 Nov., 1886,
Dorothy, youngest dau. of Jonathan Hardcastle, J.P., of
Blidworth Dale, Notts.
1. Ellen Murray Little, of Stewartstown, d. unm. 11 Dec, 1901,
and was s. in her property by her niece, see p. 162.
The youngest son of Samuel Kyle and Martha Wright was : —
HENRY KYLE, of Laurel Hill, (or Tullyvanagh) Co. Derry, J.P.,
D.L., High Sheriff Co. Derry, 1868, 6. 13 June, 1811, m. 1836, his cousin
Elizabeth Mary, dau. of William Thompson, of Oatlands, Co. Meath,
(see p. 159) and d. 13 April, 1878, having had by her, who d. 24 June,
1865, three sons and four daus. : —
L ROBERT, of whom presently.
IL Henry Kyle, b. 1841, d. unm. 1866.
III. WilUam Thompson Kyle, B.A. (Jun. Mod.) T.C.D., 1871, Barrister-
at-law, b. 7 April, 1849, m. 30 July, 1889, Caroline Elizabeth
Auchinleck, only child of the Rev. Thomas Lewis, B.A.,Vicar of
Udimore, Sussex, by Henrietta Margaret Enery, youngest dau.
of the Rev. James Eccles Auchinleck, J.P., Incumbent of
Lisbellaw, Co. Fermanagh, by Caroline, dau. of Richard Fiddes,
of Tullycreevy, Co. Fermanagh, by Jane, eldest dau. of William
Hassard, of Came, same Co., High Sheriff Co. Fermanagh,
1772.
I. Anne Elizabeth Kyle.
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IT. Ellen Kyle, m. 9 Sept., 1873, the Rev. Frederick William Hogan,
M.A., Vicar of All Saints', Hillsborough, Co. Down, and d.
1902, having had issue : —
1. James Clement Hogan, B.A., T.C.D., 1899, 6. 1876.
2. Henry Luke Kyle Hogan, b. 1879.
3. Wilfred Lawrence Hogan, b. 1882.
4. William Kyle Patrick Hogan, b. 1888.
1. Elizabeth Mary Hogan.
2. Sophia Margaret Hogan.
3. Annie Evangeline Hogan.
4. Francis Georgina Janet Hogan.
III. Frances Martha Kyle.
IV. Georgina Higinbotham Kyle.
The eldest son : —
THE REV. ROBERT KYLE, of Laurel Hill, J.P. Co. Derry, b. 26
Dec, 1837, m. 30 April, 1868, Kathleen, 2nd dau. of William Wilson
Carus-Wilson, of Casterton Hall, Westmoreland, by Mary Letablere,
dau. of the Right Hon. Edward Litton, of Altmore, Co. Tyrone, M.P.
for Coleraine 1837-41 and 1841-42, and Master in Chancery in Ireland,
and d. 10 Feb., 1898, having had by her, who d. 16 Dec, 1892, issue :—
I. HENRY GREVILLE, of whom presently.
II. Francis Carus Kyle, b. 2 Sept., 1872, m. 1896, Flora Berry, and
has : —
John Arthur Kyle, b. 1897.
III. Robert Wood Kyle, b. 5 March, 1875.
I. Mary Alice Kathleen Kyle.
The eldest son : —
HENRY GREVILLE KYLE, of Laurel Hill, Coleraine, B.A.
Merton Coll., Oxford, 1894, M.B. and B.Ch. 1899, was b. 18 April, 1869.
APPENDICES.
.APPENDIX I.
WILL of THOMAS NIXON, 1738 (see p. 66).
Proved in the Diocese of Clogher.
In the Name of God Amen I Thomas Nixon, of Kingstown in the
County of ffermanagh Gentl. being of sound disposing mind and
Memory (thanks be to Almighty God for this) do hereby make and
publish this my last Will and Testam*. in Manner and form following.
Imprimis I commend my Soul to Almighty God who gave it hoping
through the merits of my Saviour Jesus Christ to obtain free pardon
and Remission of all mv Sinns, And as to all my each and several!
Effects Goods and Chatties which I shall be Possest of att the time of
my decease after the payra*. of my just debts and funerall Charges 1
leave and bequeath as hereinafter mentioned.
Item I leave and bequeath unto my Eldest sonne the Reverb Adam
Nixon, Clk., and unto his heirs, AllThat and Those the Towns and
Tates of Lands following that is to say the Towns and Tates of
Agharuskymore, Agharuskybegg, Ringavilly, Killroot Situate near
Newtownbuttler in the said county of Fermanagh with their and Everj
of their Appurtenances, as also the Towns and Tates of Lands Commonly
called or Known by the names of Kilmore, Bunahskaw and Derry-
hallerghan, Situate near Lough Earne in the Said County with their
and Every of their Appurtenances.
Item I leave and bequeath unto my youngest sonne, the Rev^ Andrew
Nixon, the sume of two hundred pounds Sterl.
Item I leave and bequeath unto my Grandsonne Thomas Nixon,
my Sonne George's eldest Sonne, the sume of One hundred pounds
Sterl.
Item I leave and bequeath unto my Grand sonne Alexander the Sume
of fifty pounds Sterl., together with the benefitt of my lease of the lands
of Littergrove, which I hold from Patrick Gary neare Newtownbuttler.
Item I leave and bequeath unto my two Granddaughters Catherine
and Mary Nixons, my said sonne George's Daughters, the Sume of
fiftv pounds Sterl. to be divided Equally between them.
Item I leave and bequeath unto my Daughter Margarott Young,
als. Nixon and to my Grand Sonne Thomas Young, her Eldest Sonne,
the Sume of one hundred pounds to be Equally divided between them.
Item I leave and bequeath unto my Dear Wife Mary Nixon the Sume
of fifty pounds Sterl. together with the bedd, bedding, and furniture
in her own Roome, as also her Travelling Chaire and Chare Mare and
the Tackle to the said Chaire belonging, as also all her own goods she
was possest of at the time of our marriage.
Item I leave and bequeath unto my wife's daughter Miss Mary
Borrogh the Sume of five pounds Sterl.
Item I leave and bequeath unto my eldest daughter ffrances Enery
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and unto my Grand Daughter Jane Hassard the Sume of Tenn pounds
Sterl. to be divided Equally between them.
Item I leave and bequeath unto my daughter in law Mary Anne
Nixon the Surae of five pounds sterl.
Item I leave and bequeath unto any child or children that I shall or
may have by my said Wife Mary or that she may be Enceint of att the
time of my Decease the Surae of two hundred pounds Sterl., and on
failure of such issue, then my Will is that the Said Sume of two hundred
pounds so bequeathed shall goe and be divided share and share alike
between my three sonns the Said Adam George and Andrew Nixons.
Item I leave and bequeath unto my said Sonne George Nixon my
house Clock w**^ all the Utensills thereunto belonging.
Item I leave and bequeath unto my D^ brother James Nixon the
Sume of Tenn pounds sterl.
Item I leave and bequeath unto my said Eldest Sonne Adam the
prolitt and benefitt of my lease in the Lands of Kingstown which I hold
from William Balfour, Esq^^ as also my Large Tankard, Spoons and
all the household plate I shall be possessed of at the time of my Decease
together with my Silver Watch.
Item I leave and bequeath unto my Said Wife Mary, and unto
my daughter Margarott Young, all the rest and residue of my household
goods and furniture not herein before disposed of, bedds, bedding,
pewter, brass, iron potts, Chairs Tables, Glasses, Chests Linnen of
what kind soever, the said Goods to be Equally divided between my
said Wife, and my said daughter Margarott Young.
Item My Will is and I order and direct that all my Catt., Goods and
Chattels of what kind soever without doores (and not before disposed
of) shall be sold by Pubick Cant, and the Sume or Sumes of money
arising by the Sale of the said Goods and Chattels shall be Equally
divided amongst ray said Three Sonnes Adam George -and Andrew
Nixons.
And 1 do hereby constitute my said Sonns Adam Nixon, George
Nixon, and my said brother James Nixon Exc'"^ of this ray last Will
and Testam' and I doe likewise by these presents nominate my said
Sonn Adam Nixon my Residuary Legatee, in this Witness thereof I
have hereunto sett my hand and Scale this Sixth day of September
1738,
Signed Sealed and published
in the presence of us whose
names are hereunder subscribed Thos. Nixon
Will. Leslie {Seal.)
And"*. Johnston
Ger<i. Irwin
9th June, 1739. This Day the Rev* Mr. Adam Nixon one of^the
Executors of the within Will named makes Oath as to the due perfection
of the within Will as to the due Execution of the Same (sa\dng as Right
to the Other Executors) before me
J a : Hastings, Sur :
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APPENDIX 11.
WILL of JAMES NIXON, Dublin, 1752.
(Brother of Thomas, see above).
In the Name of God, Amen, I, James Nixon, of the City of Dublin,
Gent, being at present infirm of Body but of sound disposing Mind and
Memory (Thanks be to Almighty God) do make this my last Will and
Testament. First of all, I recommend my 8oul to Almighty God,
hoping through the Merits of my Saviour Jesus Christ to receive free
Remission of alJ my Sins. I Leave and Bequeath unto my late Brother
John Nixon's Three Daughters, to wit Isabella, Jane, and Ann, the
sum of Fifteen pounds sterling, to be equally divided amongst them.
I Leave and Bequeath unto William Nixon, my nephew, of MuUaduff
in the County of Fermanagh Gent, the sum of Fifteen pounds sterling.
I Leave and Bequeath unto my nephew the Reverend Eccles Nixon,
Clerk, my late brother Adam Nixon's eldest son, the sum of Ten pounds
sterling. 1 Leave and Bequeath unto my late Brother Thomas Nixon's
two sons, to wit Mr. George Nixon, and the Reverend Mr. Andrew
Nixon, the sum of Five pounds sterling to each of them. I Leave and
Bequeath unto my said Brother Thomas his Daughter Mrs. Margaret
Young the sum of Five pounds sterling. I leave and Bequeath unto
my late Sister Ann Higginbotham's three sons, to wit, George, Thomas,
and Andrew Higginbothams, the sum of Five pounds sterling to each
and every of them. I Leave and Bequeath unto my late sister Ann
Higginbotham's two Daughters, to wit, Margaret Moore and Ann
Seaman the Sum of Five pounds to each of them. I Leave and Bequeath
unto my late sister Margaret Carr's Children, or so many of them as
shall be alive at the time of my Decease the sum of Five Pounds sterling
to each and every of them. I Leave and Bequeath unto my friend John
Watson thirty shiHings to buy a Morning Ring. And as to all the
Rest, Residue, and Remainder of my Goods and Chattels, I Leave
and Bequeath the same unto my Nephew, the Reverend Adam Nixon,
of Clontibrett in the County of Fermanagh * Clerk, he paying all my
just Debts, and the^ Legacies above mentioned, and I do by these
presents Nominate and Appoint him the said Adam Nixon my sole
Executor and Residuary Legatee of this my Last Will and Testament.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto put my Hand and Seal this Twenty
First Day of April one Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty-two.
Signed, sealed, and published
by the Testator in the presence of Ja. Nixon.
Us and each of Us. (Seal.)
Thos. Loney
John Watson.
There is no date of proof, but James Nixon d. 27 April, 1752.
Sic. really Co. Monaghan.
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APPENDIX III.
Prerogative WILL of the REV. ADAM NIXON, 1767.
(eldest Son of Thomas Nixon, see Appendix 1., and p. 66).
In the Name of God, Amen, I Adam Nixon, Vicar of Clontubrett,
in the Coy of Monaghan do make this my last Will and Testament
hereby revoking all former Wills by me made and first I commit my
soul to God and my desire is that my Body be bury'd in the most
private and decent manner at the Expense of my Executor hereinafter
mentioned, and as to such Worldly Estate with which it has pleased
God to bless me I give, devise, and bequeath the same in manner
following Subject nevertheless to the payment of all such Debts as I
shall owe at the time of my death and to such Pecuniary Legacys as I
shall hereby devise and bequeath, that is to say I give and bequeath
to my dearly beloved Brother Andrew Nixon of Belturbet in the
County of Cavan and his Family the sum of three thousand pounds to
be disposed of Among them as shall seem convenient and agreeable to
him which sum is to be paid him by my Executor hereinafter mentioned
out of my real and Personal Estate as I shall be seized of or Intitled
unto at the time of my death he paying or allowing my Executor
out of said Legacy what sum or sums I became security for him
to several Persons at his instance and request and for which sums he
gave me particular Indemnity and which sums amouilt to one thousand
four hundred pounds besides the interest due thereon and also I leave
and bequeath him what Plate I dye possessed of. my Gold Watch and
what Books of Divinity he choses of mine. I leave and bequeath
to my Nephew Alexander Nixon of MuUimesker in the county of
Fermanagh Esquire all my real and Personal Estate I dye possessed
off and not hereby otherwise disposed of to wit the lands of Drumbelin
and Agharusky with their subdenomi nations in the Parish of Clones,
the lands of Ringvilly, Killroot, Agharuskymore and Agharuskybegg,
Lisnashelledy my Moiety of it, my Interest in the fourth part of Manor
Highgate which I purchased from the Rev*i Mr, Frederick Usher and
his wife Mrs. Martha Usher, all in the parish of DrumuUy also the lands
of Killmore, Bunnaheskew and Derryhallahan in the parish of
Aghalurcher as I best recollect and near Lough Earn and all in the
County of Fermanagh. I give and bequeath to my brother George
Nixon's Widow ten pounds, and to her three Daughters, to wit, Mrs.
Barton, Mrs. Higginbotham, and Mrs. Hazard ten pounds each, to my
niece Jane Hazard of Gardenhill ten pounds, to Mrs. Ann Nesbitt my
Niece of Lismore ten pounds, to my Nephews Thomas and Richard
Young ten pounds each, to my niece Herkness ten pounds, to my
Cozen William Nixon of Mullaghdufi two hundred pounds after he pays
my Exors the sum he owes me which I cant at present possitively
say how much it amounts to. I give and bequeath to Redmond Kane,
Attorney, ten pounds, to Mrs. Margaret Beatty, Wife of Mr. James
Beatty of Clones, five pounds, to Mr. James Swanzy of Avelreagh
five pounds, to my Niece Ann Swanzy and her Husband Henry Swanzy
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one hundred pounds between them. I leave and bequeath my Books
Except such books as my Brother Andrew shall Chuse to my Executor
and Jiiy Household furniture to my sd. Brother and my Executor to
be divided between them. I give and bequeath to the Poor House-
keepers of the Parish of Clontubret, what sum or sums of money ariseth
and is due me for my Improvements made on the Glebe of Clontubret
as Certified by the late Bishop of Clogher which sum is to be paid by
my successor into the Hands of Edward Lucas Esquiie of Castleshane,
Alexander M'Gomery of Bessmount, Esquire and Mr. James Swanzy
of Avelreagh to be distributed by them at Such time and times and in
such manner as shall seem to them or the survivor of them most
Convenient and I vest a power in them to lend out the said sum if they
think proper, and to distribute the interest yearly every Easter Monday
to such Poor Housekeepers in said Parish as they shall think fit and I
give them and each of them a power to nominate a Person to act in
their stead after their or any of their deaths in order to fulfil this my
bequest, and I nominate and appoint Alexander Nixon of Mullymesker
sole Executor and Residuary Legatee of this my last Will and Testament.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and seal, and publish
this my last Will and Testament in the presence of etc. dated this 19*^''
day of February, 1767.
Adam Nixon
{Seal).
Witnesses : —
Alexander Montgomery of Bessmount, Esquire
Charles Evatt of Mt. Louise, Esquire
Stephen M'Puke, servant.
Alexander Montgomery.
I Adam Nixon, Vicar of Clontibrett in the County of Monaghan, Clk.,
do hereby by this Codicill to a Will by me already made deposited in
the Hand of Allx^ Montgomery of Bessmont, Esq'" order and bequeath
an additional sum of ten pounds as a legacy to my relations Nephews
and Nieces mentioned in said Will, to wit ten pounds more to each of
them. I also hereby leave and bequeath to my brother Andrew Nixon
an additional Legacy of five hundred pounds Sterling, and I make it
my request that my said Brother Andrew will aid and assist my nephew
Alexander Nixon of MuUimesker, Esquire, to discharge the trust I have
repared in him with respect to my Will. Dated this 29th day of May,
1767.
Adam Nixon.
Proved in the prerogative Court by Alexander Nixon, -Ith Dec, 1767.
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APPENDIX IV.
Abstract of Prerogative WILL of the REV. ANDREW NIXON, 1773.
Brother of last named Rev. Adam Nixon, see p. 83.
In the name of God Amen I Andrew Nixon, of Belturbet and County
of Cavan. Clk. do make this my last Will and Testament, : I give and
bequeath to my Dearly beloved Wife Mary Ann Nixon twenty pounds
to be paid to her at the time of my Death and the sum of one hundred
pounds a year to be afterwards paid in Quarterly payments during her
Natural Life out of the Lands of Ardens and Garbraton Drumaraght
and Tunniville Gartaquills and Redhill or any of them. I bequeath
to my said Avife my two Gold Watches and such of household furniture
she chuses, and the use of such of my Plate as she shall chuse during
her life to my said wife thirty pounds a year out of said lands
in trust for my Daughter Frances Nixon to be laid out for her use by
her Mother or her Mother's Executors provided the said Frances
lives in the place and manner . . appointed by her Mother etc., and
does not marry without the consent of her Mother or her Mother's
Executors, if she refuses to so live or marries without consent said
annuity to go to my son Humphrey. I give to my Wife sixty pounds
a year out of the said lands in trust for my Daughter Barbara Nixon
till she marries with consent, when annuity shall cease she shall be paid
one thousand pounds by my son Humphrey ; if she marry without
consent of her Mother or her Mother's Executors, eight hundred pounds
of that sum I bequeath in equal portions to my four sans, Humphrey,
Mathew, Adam, and George ... I give and bequeath to said
Humphrey my Estate of Drummaraght & Tunivilly, in the County of
Fermanagh, my lease of Ardens and Gartbratan, my Lease of Gartaquills
my Lease of Drembarlems with all my Leases in and about Redhills
which I hold from the family of Whites, . . . also all debts due to
me by Bonds, notes or otherwise, except the bond of one hundred
pounds due to me by Jno. Enery, Esqr. . . . also d;ll the money that
shall arise from the sale of my stock of every kind, except that which
may be upon the Lands which I leave to my son George, also my
household furniture, Postchaise and all other Effects of mine, except
what are herein Otherwise bequeathed. I leave to my said Wife three
hundred pounds in trust for my Daughter Ann Nixon, otherwise
Swanzy, for her sole use ... I give and bequeath to my son Mathew
my Lease of Nane Island, my Lease of Bogesky, my Lease of Drena,
my Lease of Killyclohan, and the sum he was to pay on getting
possession of the above I give up and forgive, I also leave the hundred
pounds due to me by Bond by John Enery, of Bawnboy, Esq'", to said
Mathew. I bequeath to my son Adam my Lease of Killmore . . . my
Lease of the fields behind the Church of Belturbet called the Church
Park, and four hundred pounds to be paid him by ray son Humphrey.
I bequeath to my son George my Lease of Lurgan, Carraghkiel, Currah-
more and Drung, and my Lease in Strahegland and Kilcunny with all
Stock that may be in any of said Lands, and all rent due thereon,
subject nevertheless to two hundred pounds to be paid to his Mother
for the use of Mrs. Swanzy, the other hundred pounds left to said Mrs.
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Swanzy is to be paid by my son Humphrey. In consideration of the
care Henry Swanzy has taken of my Weak Daughter Frances I leave
him one hundred pounds to be paid by son Humphrey. I leave to my
son Humphrey the Lease of the concerns in Jervis Street which I hold
from Mr. Darley, and also my Lease of Bow Bridge. I leave my books
to be divided equally between my sons Humphrey and George. And
Whereas my Brother Adam Nixon, Clerk deceased left to me and my
family by Will three thousand pounds to be disposed of among them
as shall seem convenient and agreeable to me, And Whereas said three
thousand pounds was laid out by me with other Money of my own
for the Leasehold Interests herein be(iueathed m}- Will is that the
distribution of my Estates real and personal in the respective moieties
thereof as disposed herein shall be in full of said three thousand pounds
to all and each of my family. I appoint my dearly beloved wife and my
son Humphrey Exrs., and my said son residuary legatee. In Witness
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal . . this 18*^ Day of
December, one thousand seven hundred and seventy three, 1773.
And". Nixon.
{Seal).
Witnesses :
Toby Murphy, Thos. Babington, Nich^ Brady.
Whereas since the perfection of the above Will Mr. Nixon thinks
it necessary to make some Alteration by the following Codicill, first,
the two hundred pounds that he directed George to pay the Swanzies
is to be paid by Humphrey, secondly the two hundred and fifty pounds
bond which Mathew was to pay upon my decease shall be paid by
Humphrey.
Andrew Nixon.
(Seal).
Witnesses :
John Dougherty, Thomas Babington, Toby Murphy.
Signed and sealed this 3rd day of .January, 1774.
Proved by Humphrey Nixon, 22 Jan., 1774.
APPENDIX V.
Commission of Henry Swanzy (see note, p. 99), as Ensign in
Colonel Arthur Upton's Regt., 1688-9.
WILLIAM HENRY by the Grace of God Prince of Orange &c. To
Henery Swanzy, Gent. Greeting. Wee do by these p^sents constitute and
appoint yo" to be Ensigne of that Company whereof James M'Cormic
is Captain in the Regiment of Foot Commanded by Colonell Arthur
Upton. You are [illegible] and diligently to discharge the duty of
Ensigne by exerciseing and well Disaplineing both you"" Inferior
Officers and Soldiers of that Company and wee hereby command them
to obey yo" as their Ensigne and yo" to observe and follow such orders
and Direcions from time to time as yo" shall receive from yo*" Colonell
Captain or any other your Superior Officer acording to the Rules and Dis-
epline of war "in pursuance of the Trust [illegible] in yo". Given at St.
James's the 5th day of February 1688.
[Signature here illegible, ap^ By His Highness's Command,
pears in a very old copy i
as " William Orange." J Will. Jefhsox.
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APPENDIX VI.
The Family of Mary Meade, Wife of Mathew French, jun.
ROBERT MEADE,* of St. Thomas Street, Dublin, Brewer, made
his will 26 Aug. 1677. It was proved in the Prerogative Court 11 Sept.
1677. He mentioned his brother Gabriel Meade, and Gabriel's wife,
and his uncle William Meade. He and his descendants were much
connected with the King's Hospital, Dubhn, and he subscribed £10 to the
building fund.f He remembered it in his will, " Item, I do Limitt and
appoint that my executors hereafter named do pave or flagg with flagg
stones a walke in ye new Hospitall of King Charles ye Second, on Ox-
mantowne greene, which said walke ffronts ye greate Gate of ye said
Hospitall, and is next ye greate Hall of ye said Hospitall." This was
the original Hospital which was situated in Queen St., and was
completed in 1675. He d. 7 Sept., 1677, J having had five children : —
I. Robert Meade, of Phibblestown, Co. Dublin, (lease dated 22 Feb.
1683) m., marr. lie. bond 1673, Elizabeth De Vassall, and d.s.f.
July, 1692. § His widow m. 2nd before 9 Dec. 1704, John
Berry.
I. Elizabeth Meade, m. Christopher Horncastle, of Dublin, Lawyer,
who was appointed by King James a Commissioner to raise
£6,000 in Dublin, but refused to act.|| Dean Swift, in a
humorous production entitled " A Tripos or Speech, delivered
at a Commencement in the University of Dublin, 11 July,
1688," has the following, in a fictitious will of Mrs. Mary
Henderson : — " Her tongue, (which even after death is the
cause of controversy) some affirm she left to Mrs. Horncastle,
. . . Her teeth she left to Mrs. Horncastle, who has such an
imruly member of her own, that it needs at least a double
guard." Christopher Horncastle's will, dated 18 Oct., 1711,
proved (prerog. court) 20 Dec, 1711. They had issue : —
1. John Horncastle, his father's sole executor.
1. Elizabeth Horncastle, left £200 by her grandfather, Robert
Meade.
II. Mary Meade, m. licence dated 19 Aug., 1673, Mathew French,^
of Dubhn, second son of Mathew French of Belturbet, High
Sheriff Co. Cavan 1677. For her descendants, in the families
of French, Nixon, Swanzy, etc., see pp. 17-25 and 99-127.
* Dublin marr. licence, 1647, Robert Meade and Elizabeth Goodaker.
t Calendar of Ancient Records of the City of Diihlin, Vol. IV., p. 493.
I Chancery Bill, 3 Nov., 1681, Mathew French and Mar3', his wife v.
Christopher Horncastle and Bartholomew Wybrants.
§ Chancery Bill, 9 Dec, 1704, Chris. Horncastle, Eliz. his wife, Mary French,
B. Wybrant.«, and Jane his wife, and Mary and Elinor Howard, ?'. John Berry
and Elizabeth his wife.
II Archbishop King's State of the Protestants in Ireland, Dublin, 1730, Appendix,
p. 124.
^ " Mr. Mathew French, Mr. Bartholomew Wybrant & Mr. Thomas Howard."
all sat in the same pew in St. Michan's in 1686. {The Registers of St. Michan's,
Dublin, 1636-83, ed. by H. F. Berrv, I.S.O., Parish Register Society of Dublin,
Vol. III., 1907, Preface, p. x.).
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III. Elinor Meade, rn. at St. Michan's, Dublin, 23 April, 1681, Thomas
Howard, of Dublin, Agent to the King's Hospital, Dublin, 1674-
94,* who fled from Ireland with Mathew French, and his wife
during the Revolution, (see p. 17) ; he never recovered the
stress of that time, and was buried at St. Michan's in Aug.,
1694. He was survived by but two of his many children, Alfred
and Mary.t Their place in order of age in the following list is
uncertain. Thomas and Elinor Howard had issue : —
1. Thomas Howard, bapt. at St. Michan's, 8 July, 1683, buried
there 7 Aug., 1683, " neer Mr. Standish tomb, close by &
on the North side of Mr. French his child, who was buried
ye 16th of January, 1680," (see p. 18).
2. William Howard, bapt. at same 9 Nov., 1692, buried 14
March following.
3. Alfred Howard, (probably the unnamed son of T. Howard,
bapt. at same 14 July, 1694) appointed Agent to the
King's Hospital, Dublin, 1730, in succession to his uncle
Bartholomew Wybrants,J m., lie. 1732, Rebecca Goddard.
1. Elizabeth Howard, buried at St. Michan's 11 Sept., 1684.
2. Elinor Howard, bapt. at St. Michan's 4 Mav, 1687, buried
there 28 Dec, 1687.
3. Elinor Howard, buried at St. Michan's, 23 July, 1688.
4. Mary Howard, m. Richard Roche, of DubHn, whose will,
dated 7 April, 1728, was proved in the prerog. court, 4
Sept., 1730, and had two sons : —
(1.) John Roche, )i ,i r • i-^.^o
(2.) Thomas Roche, r*^*^ ^^^^ 1'28.
IV. JANE.
The youngest dau. of Robert Meade : —
JANE MEADE, m. at St. Michan's, Dublin, 25 March, 1680, Bar-
tholomew Wybrants, of Dublin, son of Peter WybraAts, Mayor of
Dublin, 1658 (by Sarah, dau. of Bartholomew Drope,§ of London) son
of Peter Wybrants, of a Dutch family.] | Bartholomew Wybrants was
store-keeper in the Revenue Department in Ireland, 24 June, 1690,11
and in 1694 was appointed steward and agent to the King's Hospital.
Sir Frederick Falkiner, in his history of that institution, pp. 116-174,
states that he was " one of the best officers the Hospital has ever
enioyed." " In January, 1730, our Secretary, Bartholomew Wybrants,
resigned after a faithful service of thirty-six years. He was one of those
clerks whose clerkly talent rises almost to genius, and by whom a vast
part of the world's work is done, though they be unknown to the world.
Every line of our first Minute Book, from our beginning in 1675 to 1731.
is under his hand ; for, though only appointed in 1694, he transcribed
all the previous entries into the books, and after his resignation con-
tinued the entries for a twelvemonth. During his tenure with us he also
* The Foundation of the Hospital and Free School of Charles II., by the Right
Hon. Sir F. Falkiner, Dublin. 1906, pp. 69 and 116.
t Chancery Bill, 2 Nov., 1715. the Rev. Mathew French ;'. Richard Roach.
Mary, his wife, and Elizabeth Wybrants.
t Falkiner's King^s Hospital, as above, p. 175.
§A family of this name settled in Co. Cavan. where Bartholomew Drope, of
Carrowraskey, Co. Cavan, Gent., was attainted by James II. hi 1689. and Elizabeth
Drope m. 1790, Andrew Swanzy, J.P., grandson of the Rev. Andrew Nixon, by
Marianne, grand-daughter of Mary Meade, who m. Mathew French, see_above.
II Brady's Parochial Becords of Cork, Cloyne and Boss. Vol. II., p. 97.
H King's State of the Protestants in Ireland, Dublin, 1730. p. 61.
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acted as Clerk to the Commons in the Town Council. He merits a kind
memory for his own sake, but a romantic domestic tragedy has con-
nected him with the literature of Queen Anne's time, for the story is
told bv Sir Eichard Steele in No. 172 of the Tatler, May, 1710."* He d.
28 Feb., 1738-9, Pue's Occurrences for 3 March announcing " On
Wednesday last died in the County of Tipperary, Mr. Bartholomew
Wybrants. formerly Clerk of the Guild of Merchants in this City, and
Agent of the Blue Coat Hospital." By Jane Meade, his wife, he had
issue : —
I. PETER, of whom presently.
II. Robert Wvbrants, bapt. at St. Michan's, 10 July, 1684.
III. Bartholomew Wybrants, bapt. there 7 Aug., 1687.
IV. Edward Wybrants, bapt. 22 Sept., 1692.
1 oc "\ ^^® ^^ whom m. Francis
I. Sarah Wybrants, bapt. 30 Aug., 1685 | Eustace* and was mur-
II. EHnor Wybrants, bapt. 2 Sept., 1688 j (jej-ed by him in the
III. Mary Wybrants, bapt. 31 May, 1690 j gp^ng of 1710.
The eldest son : —
THE REV. PETER WYBRANTS, Rector of Ballymachy, Co.
Tipperary, formerly Vicar of Kilshallaghan, Co. Dublin, 9 May, 1715
{Liber Munerum) entered T.C.D. 5 Oct., 1698, aged 15, B.A. 1703, m.
Margaret, dau. of the Very Rev. Stephen Handcock, Dean of Kilmac-
duagh, brother of William Handcock, M.P. for Athlone, 1703-15 and
Co. Westmeath 1721-33, grandfather of William, 1st Lord Castlemaine.
The Rev. Peter Wybrants. made his will 11 Dec, 1752, and desired to
be buried in Ballymachy Church. Tlie will was proved 3 Feb., 1755.
By his wife, who d. at Clontarf, Nov., 1778, (Freeman's Journal), he had
issue : —
I. Stephen Wybrants, of Granby Row, Dublin, Army Agent,
Attorney-at-law, Commissary and Deputy Cursitor of the
Court of Chancery, m. 13 May, 1752, Alicia, dau. of William
Cane, of Dowdstown, near Maynooth, and d., will dated 4
Sept., 1802, proved 4 Sept., 1810, leaving issue. From him
descended the famihes of Wybrants of Dublin, Herbert of
Kilpeacon, Maunsell of Finneterstown, Middleton- Wybrants,
etc.
I. Hannah Wybrants, rn. prerog. marr. ho. 18 July, 1757, the Rev.
Daniel Mathews, M.A., T.C.D.
II. Anne Wybrants.
III. Elizabeth Wybrants.
* This refers to the murder of one of Wybrants' daughters by her husband,
Francis Eustace, a " gentleman of a good estate near DubUn." Steele tells the
story iu the Tatler, and in Jones' British Classics, 1823, there is an engraving by
Oorbould of the murder. Sec also Sir John Gilbert's Preface to the Seventh Vol.
of The Calendrir of the City of Dublin Records, p. ix.
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APPENDIX VII.
Nixon of Cranleybeg, Co. Longford.
The exact connectiou of this family with the Nixons of Nixon Hall,
is not known, but a tradition exists that they were of the same stock.*
ROBERT NIXON, of Dublin, gentleman, sold certain lands in Co.
Leitrim to Sir John Edgeworth, Knt., of Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford,
for £250, and m return leased from Sir John " the lands of Gooteray,
otherwise Goorsay, and Kilcoursey, with the lands of Cranalaghbeg,"
all in Co. Longford, by deed dated 8 Dec, 1674.t After Robert Nixon's
death, his widow Mary (who had had two sons John and Robert) m.
2nd, Kilmore and Ardagh licence bond, dated 4 March, 1697, Adam
Nixon, of Lislusk, Co. Longford J, henceforth, jure tixoris, of Cranley-
beg, by whom she had a dau., Elizabeth Nixon. Adam Nixon's will,
dated 20 July,- 1720, was proved in the diocese of Ardagh, 24 Aug.,
1721. He was survived by his wife Mary, his dau. Elizabeth, and his
two stepsons (sons of the above Robert and Mary) viz. : —
I. JOHN, of whom presently.
11. Robert Nixon, of Cranleybeg (tenant to his brother John),
d., will dated 27 Feb., 1753, proved in diocese of Ardagh
23 Jan., 1754, left directions that he should be buried in the
family burying- place at Edgeworthstown. By Mary, his
wife, he had issue : —
1. John Nixon, of Cranleybeg, tenant to his uncle, b. after
1732, under age in 1753, living 1776,§
1. Catherine Nixon, m. 1746, John Hands.
2. Mary Nixon, m. 1753, George Moxham. ||
3. Jane Nixon.
4. Anne Nixon, in. Purdon.
The elder son : —
JOHN NIXON, of Redmills, Chapelizod, Co. Dublin, merchant,
Capt. 5th Co'' 3rd. Regt. of Foot (Militia) a Dublin Corps, Jan., 1760,
{The Public Gazetteer), m., settlements T| dated 11 Jan., 1722-3, Jane,
dau. of George James, of Dublin, clothier, d. (cod. to will dated 12
Nov., 1772, proved 10 May, 1773), leaving by her, who d. at Red-
mills' Feb., 1772, aged 76, two sons and one dau., viz. : —
I. JOHN, of whom presently.
* This statement was made in 1870 by Mrs. Delhoste, dau. of Lieut.-Col. John
Lyons Nixon, to Capt. Alex. Nixon Montgomery (p. 78). She gave him a jx^digree
' VSancery Bill, 20 May, 1776, Richard Lovell Edgeworth v. John Nixon, John
Nixon, and George Nixon. r r> ■ • r
t There is a Kilmore marriage licence between Wnliam Nixon, of Uuigiana. U).
Lcneford, and Rebecca McCawly, of the parish of Abbeylara, dated 4 June. 170.5
5 Chancery Bill, 1776, Edgeworth v. Nixon. In The Dublin Gazeite, March 9-12,
1776, 13 announced the marriage of " Mr. Fitzgerald, to Miss Nixon, of Oanieybeg.
in the County of Longford." ^
II Sir William Bethani's Will Pedigrees, Ulster s ottce.
\ Registry of Deeds, Vol. 34, p. 462, No. 22372.
M
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II. George Nixon, of Redmills, Chapelizod, and of Queen's Co.,
merchant, m. 24 Dec, 1761, Mary, dau. of Capt. Theophiliis
Desbrisay, and was buried at Castleknock, having had by
her, who d. at Chapelizod, Dec, 1826, aged 88, with other
issue : — *
1. R^obert Nixon, (Rev.) Deputy Registrar for the dioceses
of Killala and Achonry, entered T.C.D. 3 Nov., 1788,
aged 18, B.A., 1794, m. July, 1804, Sarah, eldest dau. of
William Fetherstonhaugh, of Carrick, Co. Westmeath,
High Sheriff that Co., 1782, by Susanna, dau. of Godfrey
Wills of Willsgrove, Co. Roscommon. Mr. Nixon d.
at Killala, May, 1812, (will proved 30 May, 1812) and
his widow d. intestate, admon. granted to William
Fetherstonhaugh, 11 Aug., 1815.
2. George Nixon, of Milford, Queen's Co., Major Ceylon Regt.,
d. at South vale, Chapelizod, Co. Dublin, May, 1839.
3. Frederick Nixon, of South vale, m. 1811, Charlotte Rencher,
and had issue : — f
(1). Frederick Nixon.
(2). John Nixon.
(3). Walter Nixon.
(4). Robert Nixon.
(5). Thomas Nixon.
(1). Dora Charlotte Nixon, m. June, 1843, the Rev.
Adolphus Theodore Drought, Rector of Aghancon,
Roscrea, who d. 7 April, 1875.
1. Magdalene Nixon, m., settlements 19 Nov., 1792, George
Cooke, of Aungier Street, Dublin, solicitor, and had three
sons, and one dau. Helen.
2. Jane Nixon, of Southvale, d. unm., will proved 27 Aug.,
1840.
I. Mary Nixon, m. 1st, settlements 18 and 19 Dec, 1741, J James
Taylor, Alderman of Dublin, eldest son of Thomas Taylor,
of Dubhn. He d. March, 1762, and she m. 2nd, 1773, Hugh
Nevin, By her first marriage she had eleven children, Thomas
d. at Fort St. George, Coromandel, India, 1769,§ Archibald,
James, George, Robert, Jane, Elizabeth, Frances, Mary,
Lucretia, and Anne, b. after her father's death.
The eldest son of John Nixon, of Redmills : —
JOHN NIXON, of Carrick, Co. Westmeath, and sometime of
Courtown, Co. Kildare, Lieut. 5th Co., 3rd Regt. of Foot, (Militia)
a Dublin Corps, Jan., 1760 {The Public Gazetteer), m. Anne Susanna,
dau. of Henry Lyons, of River Lyons, King's Co., M.P. for King's Co.,fl
* " Died at Colombo, in the Island of Ceylon, Lieut. G. Nixon, late of bis
Majesty's 19th Regt. of Foot. This distinguished young officer was the eldest son
of George Nixon, Esq., of Red Mills, County of Dublin : his death is a serious ex-
ao'geration of the grief of his parents by the recent loss of another promising youth,
his brother, an officer in the same regiment, on his retvu-n with a detachment to
Ceylon from Seringapatam to join his regiment." {Saunders News Letter, 11 April,
1804).
J Betham's Will Pedigrees.
$ Exchequer Bill, 7 Nov., 1770, John Nixon, exr. of Jas. Taylor, v. Mary Taylor
and others.
§ Exchequer Bill, 7 Nov., 1770, Nixon v. Taylor.
IT Chancery Bill, 26 May, 1788, Alex. Lawe v. John Nixon, Anne Susanna Nixon,
John Lyons Nixon, etc.
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by Anne, sister of Robert, 1st Earl of Belvedere, and sixth dau. of the
Right Hon. George Rochfort, M.P., Chief Chamberlain of the Court of
Exchequer,* by Lady Elizabeth Moore, dau. of Henry, 3rd Earl of
Drogheda. They had four sons and four daus. : —
I. JOHN LYONS, of whom presently, p. 181.
n. Henry Nixon, Lieut.-Colonel in the army 1 Jan., 1812, Major
14th Regt., 1 Jan., 1805, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Arthur Browne,
Governor of Charles Fort and Kinsale, and had by her, who
d. 7 Dec, 1858, with others, (of whom were Peter, John,
Thomas, and Henry) : — t
1. Marmaduke George Nixon, Lieut.-Colonel in the army,
Major 39th Regt.
2. Murrav Octavius Nixon, Colonel R.A., d. intestate 15
July. 1863.
1. Elizabeth Nixon, d. unm.
2. Augusta Nixon, Mrs. Dalziel.
3. Anna Susanna Nixon.
III. Geoi^e Nixon, Lieut. 12th Regt., d. intest. at Seriiigapatara,
admon. granted to his father, John Nixon, 16 June, 1800.
IV. Robert Nixon, Lieut.-Colonel 1st Royals, formerly 12th Regt.,
awarded 4th Class Wilhelm's Order by the King of the Low
Countries, (Wellington's despatches, 8 Oct., 1815), wt. 2 April.
1812, Catherine Henrietta, third dau. of Lieut.-Colonel Abel
Ram, of Clonattin, Co. Wexford, M.P. for Duleek and for
Co. Wexford, by Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph Stopford, brother
of James, 1st Earl of Courtown, She d. 30 Jan., 1823, and
Colonel Nixon d. at Brussels, 6 Nov., 1823, having had issue:—
1. Edward J. Nixon, (Rev.), formerly an officer in the army,
afterwards Chaplain to the London Hospital, m. Miss
Daniel, and d. at The Parsonage, Cook's River, Sydney,
6 March, 1860, and had a dau. Dora Nixon.
1. Ellen Nixon, Sister of Mercy, Clewer.
2. Catherine Henrietta Nixon, m. 1 Aug., 1850, Count de
Zuylen de Nyevelt, Chamberlain to the King of the
Netherlands.
3. Dorothea Mary Anne Nixon, m. 29 July, 1869, Robert
Allen Harden, Barrister-at-law.
4. Anna Nixon, d. young.
T. Anna Nixon, d. unm. at Cheltenham.
II Dorothea Nixon, m. 1806, her cousin, Colonel Gustavus Rochfort,
100th Regt., M.P. Co. Westmeath, 1826-30. 1830-31, and
1831-32, third son of Gustavus Hume-Rochfort, of Rochfort,
Co. Westmeath, for many years M.P. for that Co., by Frances,
youngest dau. of John Bloomfield, of Redwood. Co. Tipperary.
Colonel Rochfort d. 1848, having had with other issue :—
1. Gustavus Rochfort, Capt. 4th Dragoon Guards, d. unm.,
1855.
1. Maynard Anna Rochfort, ?«. the Rev. William Multon
Blencowe. Hector of Shawell, Leicestershire.
2. Harriette Bloomfield Rochfort, m. 25 Sept., 1826, Edmund
Wakefield Meade-Waldo, of Stone AVall Park and Hever
* In 1721 Swift spent part of the Biimmer with Mr. Rochfort at Gaulstown House,
and wrote a poem caUed " The Country-Life," describing his adventures there.
" ThaUa, tell in sober lays,
How George, Nim, Daii, Dean pass their days."
iMrs. DelhoBte'fl pedigree.
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Castle, Kent, J.P., D.L., and d. 28 Sept., 1836, leaving by
her, who d. 10 Jan., 1858, two sons and one dau. : —
(1.) Edmund "Waldo Meade-Waldo, of Stone Wall and
Hever, J.P., late 1st Life Guards, h. 13 May, 1829,
m. 1st, 10 Jan., 1854, Harriette Ellen, dau. of Henry
Owen Becher, of Aughadown, Co. Cork, and had two
children : —
i. Edmund Gustavus Bloomfield Meade-Waldo,
of Stone Wall Park and Hever Castle, J.P.,
6. 8 Feb., 1855, m. 2 March, 1880, Ada Coralie,
dau. of the Eight Hon. Sir Kichard Baggallay,
Lord Justice of Appeal, and has issue : —
1. Edmund Richard Meade -Waldo, Lieut,
the Eifle Brigade, (Prince Consort's Own),
h. 17 Feb., 1881.
2. Geoffrey Meade-Waldo, h. 8 Jan., 1884.
1. Florence Coralie Meade -Waldo.
2. Harriette Dorothy Meade-Waldo, m. 14
June, 1906, Charles Sandbach Parker.
i. Ellen Harriette Augusta Meade -Waldo, m. 5
April, 1877, Lieut. -Colon el Charles Morant
Churchill, 50th Eegt., of Manor House,
Buckland Eipers, and Holmwood Park,
Dorsetshire, and had issue : —
1. Charles Waldo Lionel Churchill, 2nd Lieut.
3rd Hants Eegt., h. 16 May, 1883, d. of
wounds received at Klerksdorp, South
Africa, April, 1902.
1. Frances Cecily Evelyn Churchill.
E. W. Meade-Waldo, m. 2nd, 24 June, 1879, Cicely
Eleanor, dau. of Henry Chandos-Pole-Gell, of Hopton
Hall, Derbyshire, and d. 14 March, 1896, leaving
further issue : —
ii. Margaret Alice Meade- Waldo, m. 1 June, 1904,
her cousin, Edward Wilhelm Hay-Drummond-
Hay, second son of Sir Eobert Drummond-
Hay, C.M.G., and has : —
John Waldo Edward Hay-Drummond-Hay,
6. 21 Feb., 1906.
iii. Katherine Auriol Meade-Waldo.
(2.) Gustavus Eochfort Meade- Waldo, h. 23 March, 1831,
d. 11 Nov., 1863.
(1.) Harriet Dorothea Meade-Waldo, tn. 5 Oct., 1850,
the Eev. William Wilberforce Battye, of Tingrith
House, Beds., and Little Hampden, Bucks, Eector,
of Hever, who d. 24 Jan., 1890, leaving issue, by
her, for whom see Burke's Landed Gentry, " Trevor-
Battye." She assumed by Eoyal Licence, 23 Sept.,
1890, the additional name and arms of Trevor.
III. Augusta EHza Nixon, m. 1st, 11 Dec, 1805, John Buller, M.P.
for East Looe, brother of Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Buller,
Bart., and son of John Buller, M.P., by Mary, dau. of Sir
John St. Aubyn, Bart. Mr. Buller, d. s.p. 1807, and she m.
2nd, 17 May, 1815, Charles Scott-Murray, of Danesfield,
Bucks, grandson of John Murray, M.P., of Philiphaugh, by
Eleanora, dau. of Lord Basil Hamilton, son of William, 3rd
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Duke of Hamilton, E.G. By him, who d. 24 April, 1837, she
had, with a dau., unm., a son : —
Charles Robert Scott- Murray, of Danesfield, M.A., Ch. Ch.,
Oxford, M.P. for Buckinghamshire, 1841-5, J.P., High
Sheriff, 1852, b. 28 Dec, 1818, m. 17 Sept., 1846, the
Hon. Amelia Charlotte Fraser, dau. of Thomas Alexander,
14th Lord Lovat, and d. 27 Aug., 1882, having had
issue : —
(1). Charles Aloysius Scott- Murrav, of The Manor House,
Hambledon, Bucks, J.P., Iligh Sheriff, 1890, late
Lieut. 1st Life Guards, b. 4 Nov., 1847, m. 2 May,
1872, Emily Blanche, dau. of Matthew James Higgins,
by Emily, dau. of Sir Henry Joseph Tichborne,
Bart., of Tichborne, Hants., and has issue, for whom
see Burke's Landed Gentry, " Scott-Murray."
(2). Augustin John Alphonse Scott-Murrav, 6. 11 Nov.,
1848, d. 8 Feb., 1871.
(3). Basil Henry Scott-Murray, Major Scots Guards,
(retired) b. 5 Aug., 1858. "
(1). Mildred Frances Scott-Mun-ay, m. 30 Nov., 1871,
Ralph Henry Christopher Nevile, of Wellingore Hall,
Lincolnshire, J.P., High Sheriff, 1883, and has issue,
see Burke's Landed Gentry, " Nevile."
(2). Laura Amelia Margaret Scott-Murray.
(3). Mary Elizabeth Charlotte Scott-Murray.
IV. Harriet Nixon, d. unm. at Cheltenham.
The eldest son of John Nixon, and Anne Susanna Lyons, was : —
JOHN LYONS NIXON, Lieut. -Colonel commanding 4th West
India Regt., 13 June, 1811, formerly Coldstream Guards, and 7th
Hussars,* Lieut.-Governor of St. Christopher's, Nevis, Anguilla and
the Virgin Islands, appointed 7 Feb., 1833, b. about 1773, m. 1st Mary
Anne, dau. of Major Sutherland, 93rd Highlanders, and 2nd, Anna,
dau. of George Barrett, of Demerara,t and d. at Clifton, 26 July, 1836,
aged 63, having had issue : —
I. Henry John Nixon, Madras Army, H.E.I.C.S., entered Rugby
30 June, 1817, aged 14.
1. Anna Sophia Nixon, m. Major Thistlethwaite, 2nd (Queen's
Royal) Regt.
II. Frances Neville Nixon, b. 1796.
III. Mary Anne Nixon, 6. 2 Sept., 1798, m. Major George Augustus
Elliott Delhoste, 35th Regt., son of Major George Solomon
Peter Delhoste, and has issue : —
1. John Peter Delhoste, 6. 1815, d. s.p.
2. Lyons John Delhoste, b. and d. at Gibralter, 1817.
3. Donald Charles Delhoste, Ensign 63rd Regt., (when loi,
by presentation of the Duke of Wellington) retired as
2nd Lieut. 87th Fusiliers, b. 25 March, 1829, m. Miss
Field, and emigrated to Canada. He had one son.
4. George Goldie Beattie Delhoste, b. 21 July, 1834, d. at
Mormt Delectable, Queensland.
1. Anna Maria Delhoste, m. Lieut. -Colonel John Rowley
Heyland, 7th Royal Fusiliers and 35th Regt., of Ballin-
* Mrs. Delhoste's pedigree.
tSir William Betham'a Will Pedigrees.
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temple, Co. Derry, son of Major Arthur Heyland, 40th
Regt.j and had issue : —
(1). Arthur Rowley Heyland, Colonel 1st Bombay
Lancers, m. Miss Ashburner, and had issue.
(1.) Mary Delhoste Heyland, m. 30 July, 1858, Richard
Charles Pratt, J.P., of Kinsale, Co. Cork, Lieut.,
95th Regt., grandson of Jeremiah Pratt, of 'Kinsale,
(by Mary, dau. of Hickman Rose, of Limerick,
pp. 32 and 50), brother of Lieut. -General Sir Charles
Pratt, K.C.B. She d. 14 Jan., 1903, having had
twelve children, for whom see The FamUy of Green
of Youghal, by the Rev. H. B. Swanzy and T. G. H.
Green.— Dublin, 1902, pp. 77-8.
(2.) Jessie Frances Heyland, m. the Rev. Peter Schoales,
B.A., Rector of Arva, Co. Cavan.
2. Eliza Frances Popham Delhoste, h. 17 July, 1822, m.
Professor Richards Sinton, d. s.p.
3. Henrietta Caroline Ward Delhoste, b. 27 Aug., 1826, m.
Ernest Rialan, avocat, Larnes, Brittany, and had issue.
TV. Augusta Laura Nixon, m. 27 Dec, 1832, her cousin, Richard
Rochfort, Comptroller of the Customs at Cork, grandson of
George Rochfort, of Rochfort, Co. Westmeath, by Alice,
dau. of Sir Gustavus Hume, Bart., of Castle Hume, Co.
Fermanagh, and by him, who d. 1842, had a son : —
George Rochfort, Capt. 49th Regt., killed at the Redan.
V. Amelia Dorothea Nixon, d. in Jersey,
APPENDIX Vin.
Notes on early Nixons in Cos. Fermanagh and Cavan.
George Nixon, of Drumwhillian, Killeshandra, Co. Cavan, " gener."
will dated 21 Feb., 1695-6, proved 2 May, 1696, by Mary, the widow,
directed that he should be bur. in Killeshandra, mentions his three
children, John Nixon, Wm. Nixon, and Margaret Nixon, and his brother
James Nixon, who was to live with them, and help to manage. Wit-
nesses, Anthony Iveson, Richard Young, and Andrew Nixon.
John Nixon of DrumcuUion, Killeshandra, (? the same place) had by
Mary his wife, a dau. Mary, who m. 1 752 Robert Tronson, of Killeshandra,
and by him had, with other issue, a son, the Rev. Robert Tronson,
B.A., T.C.D. 1781, Rector of Athboy, Co. Meath, and Newtownhamilton,
Co. Armagh, father of Lawford Tronson, whose eldest son was Major-
General Robert Nixon Tronson, Indian Army, who d. 9 Nov., 1882,
leaving issue.
William Nixon, of Drumsick, will dated 5 April, 1699, proved in
diocese of Clogher same year, had by his wife Ellen three sons : —
William Nixon, Andrew Nixon, and Robert Nixon.
A William Nixon m. at Enniskillen, 22 April, 1701, Anne, sister of
James Corry, of Carrowmacmea, Co. Fermanagh, (see Lord Belmore's
History of the Family of Corry of Castlecoole), and had two sons, (1) John
Nixon, bapt. at Enniskillen, 12 Feb., 1702. (2) Andrew Nixon, bapt.
there 26 March, 1703. This may have been Andrew Nixon of Tully-
harney, diocese of Clogher, who in his will dated 7 March, and proved
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15 March, 1753, mentions his brother John Nixon, and wishes to be
buried beside his father in DerryvuUen. This John Nixon may have
been the John Nixon, who, by Isabella his ^vife, had twin sons, James
and Andrew, bapt. at Enniskillen 4 Feb., 1738.
The following occur in the Parochial Returns of Clones, Co. Monaghan,
which parish is on the borders of Co. Fermanagh : —
1672, 24 Aug., Margaret, dau. of Thomas and Ellenor Nixon, bapt.
1673, 14 Dec, Margaret, dau. of Thomas and Alis (sic) Nixon, buried.
1673-4, 7 Jan., Charles Montborgett and Anne Nixon, married.
1723, 12 July, Elinor Nixon, buried.
1723-4, 29 Feb., Elinor, dau. of Robert and Jane Nixon, bapt.
1725, 6 Nov., George, son of George and Jane Nixon, bapt.
1726, 5 May, Adam Nixon, buried.
1726-7, 4 Jan., Adam Nixon, of George and Jane Nixon, bapt.
1726-7, 25 Feb., Andrew Nixon, buried.
1728, 26 Oct., John, son of George and Jane Nixon, bapt.
1731, 14 Oct., George Nixon, and Anne Forster, married.
1731-2, 21 March, George, of Wm. and Sarah Nixon, bapt.
Parochial Returns of Aghavea, Co. Fermanagh.
1669, 8 Nov., Margaret, dau. of John Nixon, of Donanollum (?) bapt.
1669-70, 6 March, John Nixon and Joane Johnston, married.
1672, Aug., Grisoll, dau. to John Nixon, of Ardunchan, bapt.
Parochial Returns of Aghalurcher, Co. Fermanagh.
1675, 13 Nov., James Allen and Elizabeth Nixson, married.
Parish Register of Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh.
(Only those entries not elsewhere mentioned are noted here.)
1666, 3 March, Margaret, dau. of Wm. Nixon, Bapt.
1668, 21 April, Thomas Nixson and Ellen Nixson, Marry ed,
1669, 29 Oct., Mary, daughter to Wm. Nixson, Bapt.
1670, 14 Sept., Margaret, dau. to Thomas Nixon, bap.
1671, 19 May, Mary, dau. to Thomas Nixon, bap.
1671, 29 June, Mary, dau. to Thomas Nixon, Bur.
1683, — Feb., Elinor, dau. of Jo: Nixon, and Grissell his wife, bapt.
1683, 19 May, Elinor, dau. of Jo: Nixon, bur.
1696-7, 6 March, William Nixon, of John and Jane, bur.
1700, 8 May, Elizabeth Nixon, bur.
1705, 30 Jan., John Nixon and Joan Black, mar.
1705, 12 Nov., Alexr. Kearns and Anne Nixon, mar.
1716, 14 June, James Hall and Margaret Nixon, Mar.
1738,' 18 Feb., Anne Nixon, of Willm. and Anne, Bap.
1742, 25 xA.pril, Margery, dau. of John Nixon, bapt.
(This last may possibly have been dau. of John Nixon, who m. Cecily,
dau. of Robert Hassard, of Carne and Legnageymore, Co. Fermanagh,
elder son of Jason Hassard, of Mullymesker, High Sheriff, Co. Fer-
managh, 1676. John Nixon and his wife were living 15 May, 1747,
as proved by an Exchequer Bill filed that date. Weir v. Spear, and
others).
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Clogher Grant Book; marriage licences.
1712, 5 Nov., John Nixon, of Lossett, Co. Cavan, and Elizabeth
Nicholl, of the par. of Clownish, Co. Fermanagh, (Clones).
1713^ 17 Dec, Edward Nixon, of the par. of Cleenish, and Hellen
Cathcart of the par. of Devenish.
1714, 28 Oct., John Armstrong, of the par. of Clownish, and Jane
Nixon, otherwise Henry, of the par. of Rossory.
1714, 1 Jan., William Nixon, of Derrinch, and Margaret Montgomery
of Gartnabratan, both in the diocese of Clogher.
1717, 4 June, George Nixon and Alice Roe, both of the parish of
Rossory.
1717, 19 June, Oliver Craig and Margaret Nixon, both of the parish
of Clownish.
1717, 11 July, John Kennedy, of the Diocese of Dromore, and EUinor
Nixon, of the diocese of Clogher.
Kilmore Grant Book, Administrations and marriage licences.
1702, 6 May, admon. in goods of Thomas Nixon, lately of Co. Cavan,
Gent., granted to Henry Gwyllym, his principal creditor and adminis-
trator,
1705, 4 June, William Nixon, of Duigians, in the par. of Granard,
and Rebecca McCawly of the par. of Abbylarah.
1705, 25 June, Thomas Armstrong, of the par. of Carrigallen, and
Margaret Nixon, of the par. of Killeshandra, (probably dau. of George
Nixon, of Drumwhillian, see p. 182).
1716, 16 July, John Nixon, of par. of Clownish, Co. Monaghan, and
Susan Bodly, of par. of Belturbet, Co. Cavan.
1718, 20 Nov., Michael Sherridan and Nichola Nixon, both of Cavan,
par. of Urney.
1721, 3 Oct., admon. in goods of Charles Nixon, late of Tully, par.
Killasher, Co. Cavan, deceased, granted to Mary Nixon, the widow.
APPENDIX IX.
SwANZY OF Cavan.
This family, now presumed to be extinct, is said to have been descended
from a brother of Henry Swanzy, of Avelreagh, Co. Monaghan, Ensign
in Upton's Regt., 1688-9, see p. 99. Tradition asserts that he also
was in King William's army. No trace of him has been discovered ;
the earliest known ancestor, in the next generation, being : —
SAMUEL SWANZY, of Ballagh, Co. I^onaghan, who m. Mary, a
legatee and apparently a relation of Thomas Wildman, of Skeagh,
Co. Monaghan, J.P., High Sheriff Co. Monaghan, 1696.* Mr. Swanzy's
* Thomas Wildman, or Wileman, perhaps father of the above, was High Sheriff
Co. Monaghan, 1683. A memorial of the will of Thomas Wileman, of Skeagh, parish
of Drumsnatt, is on record in the Registry of Deeds, no. 20518, lands of Carri-
finlagh, Co. Monaghan. It was registered 26 April, 1722, and mentions among
others, " Samuel Swance}', liis wife and children, of Bellagh, in this co." ; testator's
nephew, Ralph Wileman, Ralph's wife Jane McCamis, als. Wileman, and children,
John, William, Pamwell (a dau.) and Lettice ; EUzabeth Noble, wife of Arthur
Noble, of Smithborough, exrs. Robert Montgomery, of Annyrea and John Forster,
of TuUaghan, Esqrs ; Elizabeth Wildman, m. Arthur Noble, marr. lie. 29 Oct.,
17H, diocese of Clogher. John and Thos. W., of Skeagh, were attainted 1689.
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will, dated 29 Dec, 1750, was proved in the diocese of Clogher, 19
Nov., 1754. He had two sons and one dau. : —
I. William Swanzy, m. Rose, dau. of James Swanzv, of Avelreagh,
(see p. 99). She d. his widow 16 Jan., 18U, aged- 82.
II. WILDMAN, of whom immediately.
I. Elizabeth Swanzy, m. John Lyon.
The younger son : —
WILDMAN SWANZY, of Swanville, Co. Monaghan, had four sons
and one dau., viz : —
I. Samuel Swanzy, of Swanville, Attorney-at-law, m. 1st, licence
bond 2 Nov., 177(3, Mary. dau. of Moses Kinkead, of New-
townhamilton, Co. Armagh. He m. 2nd, 23 Oct.. 1780.
Bridget, dau. of Patrick McMahon, of Tegavly, Co. Monaghan.*
She d. intestate 17 Jan., 1781, admon. granted to her husband,
19 May, 1781. Mr. Swanzy m. .3rd, in Wexford Church,
5 March, 1782, Lucinda Bolton, of Prospect, Co. Wexford,
and d. before 5 Jan., 1791,1 leaving by her, who d., admon.
granted 20 Feb., 1824, two daus. :—
1. Mary Swanzy.
2. Elizabeth Swanzy, Mrs. Lawrence, li\ang 1824.
II. Henry Swanzy, of Ballynagraple, Co. Armagh, in 1776, and of
Sandymount, Co. Dublin, in 1781. J
III. JAMES, of whom presently.
IV. William Swanzy, perhaps the WUliam Henry Swanzy^ of
Monaghan, whose dau.: —
Mary Anne Swanzy, ni. Oct., 1801, Thomas White, of White
Hall, Co. Cavan, {Walker's Hibernian Magazine).
I. Margaret Swanzy (Margaret Swanzy, of CordaUy, parish of
Clones, m.. licence bond 7 May, 1764, Robert James, of Mount
Lewis, Co. Monaghan).
The third son :
JAMES SWANZY, of Bally haise, Co. Cavan, 2nd Capt. BaUyhaise
Infantry 2 Aug., 1798,§ obtained the lands of Begiskey, in that county
under the will of his friend Mathew Nixon, (see p. 83), brother 6i Mrs.
Henry Swanzy, dated 11 Dec, 1799. By his wife, Miss Drope, he had
issue : —
I. John Swanzy, 2nd Lieut. BaUyhaise Infantry, Nov., 1796.
II. SAMUEL, of whom immediately.
I. Rose Anne Swanzy, m. John Veitch, of Roseville, Co Cavan,
Cornet 28th Light Dragoons 11 March, 1801, on the Irish
half-pay, eldest son of Charles Veitch, of Gartinardress, Co.
Cavan. He d. ».p., will dated 18 Aug., 1840, proved 6 March,
1841.
11. Margaret Swanzy, b. 1794, d. unm.
III. Elizabeth Swanky, b. 1796. d. unm. at Caxao, 22 Dec, 1875.
* Exchequer Bill, 26 May, 1781, Swanzy v. McMahon.
f Chancery Bill, 5 Jan., 1791, Kinsley v. Swanzy.
X Registry of Deeds, 339, 136, lands of Ballagh, Co. Monaghan.
§ Samuel Swanzy, Esq., was appomted 2nd Lieut. Ballyhaise Infantry 6 Sept.,
1798 (Dublin Gazette). His identity has not been established.
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The younger son : —
SAMUEL SWANZY, of Cavan, solicitor, Clerk of tlie Crown for
Co. Cavan, h. 1790, m. 11 Aug., 1812, Anna Maria, eldest dau. of the
Rev. James Young, Vicar of TimoUn, Co. Kildare, (brother of John
Young, of Philpotstown, Co. Meath), by Jane, dau. of Patrick Smyth,
He d. 15 Sept., 1859, having had nine children : —
I. Samuel Swanzy, h. 1819, d. s.p.
II. John Smyth Swanzy, bapt. 16 Dec, 1821, d. s.p.
III. Henry Wildman Swanzy, d. s.p.
TV. James Wildman Swanzy, B.A., T.C.D., Barrister-at-law,
entered Gray's Inn, London, 6 June, 1853, aged 22, d. i.p.
2 Dec, 1890.
I. Anna Maria Swanzy, d. unm. 22 Jan., 1873.
II. Jane Smyth Swanzy, d. unm. April, 1901.
III. Margaret Swanzy, d. unm. 12 Jan., 1900.
IV. Rose Anne Swanzy, m. 29 May, 18G8, her cousin, Patrick Smyth
Sheridan Hassard, only son of Richard Major Hassard, of
Drutamon House, Co. Cavan, by Jane Henrietta, dau. of the
Rev. James Young. He d. 17 June, 1873. She d. s.p. 28
Nov., 1896.
V. Alicia Swanzy, d. unm. 7 May, 1861.
Note. — The name " Swanzy " possibly occurs in Ireland early in the
seventeenth century, where, " Richard Swansee and Margaret Drinkile,"
were married in St. John's Church, Dublin, 18 Nov., 1628.
Edward Swansey entered his pedigree at the visitation of Lancashire in
1613, by Richard St. George, Norroy, (Harleian MS., U37, fo., 45b., see
Chetham Society, Vol. 82, p. 48). The earliest ancestor there given is
William, who »n. Elena, dau. of Robert Chorley, and had a son Robert,
who w. Christiana, dau. of John Cutts, and had three children, (1),
HUGH. (2), Wilham (father by Anna, dau. of Thomas Hill, of
Ribchester, of Robert, and Joanna, wife of Roger Brownlow) and (1)
Elizabeth, m. John Clayton. The elder son, Hugh Swansey, m.
Elena, dau. of Ralph Chernock, and had a son Robert, who m. Anna
dau. of Edward Hilton, of Holt, and was father (proved by indenture
2 Edward VI.) a son, Edward Swansey, m. Cicely, dau. of James
Browne, and had (1) Edward Swansey. (2) Henry Swansey. (3)
Silvester Swansey. (4) Philip Swansey. (1) Dorothy Swansey. (2)
Elizabeth Swansey. (3) Mary Swansey. The eldest son, Edward
Swansey, mentioned above, m. Mary, dau. of John Risley, of Risley,
Derbyshire, and had in 1613, three children, Hugh Swansey, h. 1606,
Hannibal Swansey, and Susan Swansey.
There is no record that any persons of the name in Ireland are
descended from this English family of Swansey, but it is a curious fact
that a copy of Seneca's Morals, L'Estrange's edition, London, Miles
Flesher, 1684, with the names " Jan Risley," and " Ehzabeth Swanzy,"
written on the last page in faded writing, has been for generations
in the possession of the family of Swanzy of Avelreagh.
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APPENDIX X.
Erskine of Cavan.
Owing to the loss of family papers, which were destroyed on the
death of the late Mr. Erskine, of Cavan, in 1883, it is at present impossible
to prove the parentage of the two brothers, Robert and Archibald
Erskine, from whom the Erskines of Cavan and Newry, and Colonel
Archibald James Erskine, respectively descend, (see p. 190). The
family tradition is that they were connected with the Moutrays of
Co, Tyrone, who derive their Favour Royal estate from the marriage
of their ancestor, John Moutray, with Anne, dau. of the Rev. Archibald
Erskine, who was son of Sir James Erskine, M.P. for Co. Tyrone,
1634. Some colour is given to this tradition by the fact that Robei-t
Erskine, of Cavan, in 1769 gave the name Moutray to his second son.
The compiler is indebted to Mr Erskine West, who has given much
time to investigating the history of the Irish Erskines, for directing
his attention to the deeds of 1718 and 1721, mentioned below, on record
at the Registry of Deeds, Dublin ; they prove the existence of a family
of Erskine, at Ballynany, Co. Tyrone, holding their land under the
Moutrays, and themselves occupying a good position, and connected
by marriage with the important family of Richardson of Drum. It
may be that the ancestor of the Cavan Erskines was of this family.
The first occurrence of the name in Co. Tyrone appears to be in
1622, when Sir James Erskine acquired from Lord Ridgway the lands
of Portclare, Ballykirger, and Ballymakell. His descent was as
follows * : —
JOHN ERSKINE, 5th Lord Erskine, de jure 20th Earl of Mar, m.
Lady Margaret Campbell, dau. of Archibald, 2nd Earl of Argyll, and d.
1552, leaving, with other issue, a son : —
SIR ALEXANDER ERSKINE, of Gogar, Governor of Edinburgh
Castle, Vice-chamberlain of Scotland 1580, m. Margaret, dau. of George,
Lord Home, and had with other issue : —
I. Thomas Erskine, 1st Earl of Kellie, K.G., created Viscount
Fentoun 18 May, 1606, and Earl of KelUe 12 March, 1619,
with remainder eventually to his heirs male whatsoever. His
own male line expired with his descendant, Methven, 10th Earl,
in 1829.
XL JAMES.
This latter, who was the eleventh son by birth, but third son by the
death of his brothers without is8ue,t was : —
THE RIGHT HON. SIR JAMES ERSKINE, Knight of the Bath
at the coronation of James I., and a Privy Councillor, M.P. for Co.
Tyrone, 1634, obtained in 1622 large estates in Co. Tyrone, which in
* Lodge's Peerage, 1906.
t Fiineral Entry, Sir James Erskine, Ulster "s Office.
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1630 were created the Manor of Favour Koyal. He m. Mary, dau. of
Adam Erskine, Abbot and Commendator of Cambus Kennetb, Scotland,
and was buried at St. Michan's, Dublin, 8 March, 1636-7. A long
account of him will be found in Lord Belmore's ParliamerUanj Memoirs
of Fermanagh and Tyrone, pp. 161-7. He had, according to his
Funeral Entry in Ulster's office, four sons, and one dau. : —
I. Henry Erskine, d.s.f.
II. John Erskine, d.s.f.
III. ARCHIBALD, of whom presently.
IV. James Erskine, a Colonel, and M.P. for Augher 1634. It is not
known whether he left issue, but G. E. C. {Complete Peerage,
IV., 338, " Kellie ") says, in reference to the death of the
10th Earl of Kellie in 1829, and the accession of the Earl of
Mar to the title : — " The extinction of many male branches 1 /ly*^ jj^
that were nearer to the first Earl of Kellie seems to have been
taken as proved on very slender evidence ; more especially
that of the issue of Sir James Erskine of Tullibody (a yr. br. of
the said Earl) who d. in Ireland in 1636, leaving^Sj^yeraLsfins."
Admon. of the goods orjames Erskine, late of Augher, Co.
Tyrone, Esq., deceased, intestate, was granted 19 Jan., 1675,
to Sir William Gore, Bart., the principal creditor.
I. Anne Erskine, m, Robert Moutray, and had issue John Moutray,
see below.
The third son ; —
THE REV. ARCHIBALD ERSKINE, of Favour Royal, Rector
of Errigal Keerogue, 1633, and other benefices in the diocese of Clogher,
m. 1st Beatrice, dau. of James Spottiswoode, Bishop of Clogher, and
2nd, Lettice, dau. of Sir Paul Gore, Bart, M.P. for Ballyshannon 1613.
Mr. Erskine's property was eventually divided between his two daus.
Admon. of his estate granted 8 Oct., 1662, to Maria Richardson, his dau.,
regranted to Anne Moutray his dau., 22 June, 1663. He had by his
second wife : —
1. Thomas Erskine, d.s.f.*
I. Anne Erskine, m. her cousin, John Moutray, of Aughamoyles,
Co. Tyrone, and had a son : —
James Moutray, High Sherifi Co. Tyrone, 1682, M.P. for
Augher, 1692-5, ancestor of the family of Moutray of
Favour Royal.
II. Mary Erskine, m. 1st Simon Erskine,t and 2nd William Richard-
* British Museum, Add MSS. No. 23694, folio 22, Betham's Genealogical Collns.
t Ditto. Ensign Symon Askin was one of the 1649 officers, as was Lieut. David
Askin (roll ii, membranes ill and 112). Capt. James Erskine was also one of the
1649 officers, (roll ii, membrane 40) and was entitled to £2076 2s. 9|d., which in
1666-7 was vested in Arthur Forbes, Esq., and Capt. Thomas Stuart, apparently
as trustees. Among the forfeiting Proprietors in 1657, Co. Tyrone, Barony of
Clogher, were James Eskin, a Scotch Protestant and " a besiedger of Derry,"
and Anne Eskin, widow of Archibald Edminson. William Areskin was appointed
Quarter Master to Lord Berkeley's Troop of Horse 25 Aug., 1663, {Ormonde MSS.,
Vol. I, p. 281) disbanded 1672, and dead before 29 Aug., 1677. Lieut. William
Ariskin, will dated 19 Nov., 1676, proved in the Irish Perog. Court 2 Jan., 1676-7,
mentions his wife Elizabeth and his niece, Martha Cary, otherwise Parker. In
the north of Ireland the name Erskine is frequently pronovmced Askin, Arskin
or Esken by the peasantry. The compiler has to thank Mr. Erskine West for
the facts given in this note.
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son,* by which marriage the Augher estate of the Erskines
went to the family of Richardson- Bunbury, Barts.
No further male descendants of Sir James Erskine are known.
On 18 June, 1661, admon of the goods of one James Erskine, late
of Castlewray, Co. Donegal, Esq., dec. intest., was granted to Elizabeth,
his widow.
At the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th centuries
a family of Erskine was living on the Moutray property.
JOHN ERSKINE, of Ballynany, Co. Tyrone, gentleman, on 6 Feb.,
1718-9, took a lease of the lands of Ballynany, in the parish of Errigal
Keerogue, from James Moutray, of Aughamoyles, Co. Tyrone, Esq.t
John Erskine and his wife Mary were still living 6 Nov., 1721. He had
at least three sons : —
I. JAMES, of whom pifesently.
11. John Erskine, living 1721.$ ;
III. Alexander Erskine, living 1721.
The eldest son : —
JAMES ERSKINE, of Ballynany, vi. 20 Nov., 1718, Margaret, dau.
of Alexander Richardson, § of Drum, Co. Tyrone, Gent. A postnuptial
settlement II of the lands of Ballynany was made 6 Nov., 1721, (not
registered till 24 May, 1727).
James Erskine's will, dated 8 June, 1738, was pi-oved in the diocese
of Armagh, 26 Feb., 1739-40. He mentions his children Henry, John,
Margaret, Elizabeth, Catherine, Lettice, Isabel, and Jean, and his
brother the Rev. John Ei-skine.
It is possible that to this family of Erskine, of Ballynany belonged
* William Richardson, according to Inquisitions on Rev. Arch. Erskinet*
property. Lord Beliuore (Pari. Mem. of Fervmnagh and Tyrone, p. 251) states
that she married Archibald Richardson, M.P. tor Augher, 1(192-5. He was probably
her son, named after his grandfather, Ai-chibald Erskine.
t Registry of Deeds, Vol. 34, p. 270, No. 2154d.
X This 2nd son was the Rev. Joiiu Erskine, of Clondehorka, diocese of Kaphoe,
who was ordained before 2 Sept., 173G, when he obtained the lands of Mullough
from Richard Babington, (Registry of Deeds). He lived at Cloonbeg, Co. Donegal,
and made hi.s will 5 April, 1767, desires to be buried beside his wife in the Church
of Clondehorka, and mentions his son Alexander Erskine, and his daus., Isabella
Stewart, Elizabeth Erskine, Angel Erskine, and Mary Sweny. The executors
were Andrew Knox, of Prehen, Esq., Charles Stewart of Homhead, Esq., and
William Himter, of Massinass, Co. Donegal. The Rev. John Erskine d. Oct., 1767,
aged 77 (Puc's Occ. Oct. 20-24). His will was not pro%ed in the diocese of Raphoe
till 12 Sept., 1785. Angel Erskine was witness to the will of George Babington,
of Derry, 12 Oct., 1784. The Rev. J. H. Steele, of Holy Trinity, Crom, Co.
Fermanagh, who has compiled a Babington pedigree, thinks it probable that John
Erskine w. a dau. of Richard Babington, of Mullough, Co. Derry.
§ " Alexander Richardson, of Drom, Gent.," was among the inhabitants of
Co, Tyrone who fled from Ireland during the Revolution, and were attainted by
James II. in 1689. David Richardson was High Sheriff Co. Tyrone, 1743. Davia
Richardson, of Drum, Co. Tyrone, Esq. d. (will dated 21 Aug., 1795, proveti 1
Feb., 1797) having had by Margaret, his wife, two sons and live daus.: — (1) William
of Drum, High Sheriff 1799, m. Isabella Bradj', and had an eldest son David.
(2) Benjamin, inherited Manor Richardson, Co. Tyrone, from his f<ather. (1)
Jane, m. Charles Collioun, and d. before Aug.. 1795. (2) Elizabeth, m. William
Oliver. (3) Margaret, m. James Richardson, of Bloomhall, Co. Tyrone. (4) Anne,
TO. Joseph Curry, of Derry. (5) Letitia. Henry Jame.s Stuart-Richardson, 5th
Earl of Castlestuart, is now of Drum Manor, Cookstown, Co. Tyrone.
!| Registry of Deeds, Vol. 54, p. 50, No. 34834.
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the father of Robert Erskine, of Cavan, and Archibald Erskiue,
who were members of a family of at least five sons, * of whom
three fell fighting for their country, one in the South Seas under
General Wentworth, another with Wolfe at the siege of Quebec in 1759,
and another at Minden, in Prussia, in the same year. (Statement of
Archibald Erskine in his application for admis? ion to the Royal Hospital
in 1794). It is not certain which of the remaining two brothers was
the elder. They were : —
I. ROBERT, of whom presently, p. 194.
II. ARCHIBALD.
ARCHIBALD ERSKINE, Ensign in Lord Llandaff's Regt., and
Paymaster for many years of the 3rd Horse, (afterwards the 6th
Dragoon Guards) served for 43 years, 1751-94, and took part in the
German war. On 17 Dec, 1794, being " from Age and Infirmities
(being greatly Afflicted with the Gout and Rheumatism), Rendered
Incapable of further service," he applied for admission as a decayed
officer to the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin, and was elected in
place of Capt. Hans Hamilton, deceased. In his application for admission
he urged as one of his qualifications, " that the family of Memoriahst
were Constantly Devoted to his Majesty," and mentioned his three
brothers killed in action, see above. (" Capt. Arch. Erskine " was
Agent for Hospitals, Army Medical Board, Dublin, in 1808. Dublin
Almanach that year.) He d. at the Royal Hospital, 16 Jan., 1811.
He m. Jane Paget, f and had, with two daus., who both d. unm., a son
and a dau., \\z. : —
I. James Erskine, C.B., Colonel in the army, 12 Aug., 1819, Lieut.-
Col. 48th Regt., 20 June, 1811, Lieutenant-Governor of New
South "Wales, 1817-23, A.D.C. to the King, (George III.), 25
July, 1808, Lieut. 22nd Regt., 31 Dec, 1791 : Capt. 16 Nov.,
1794. Major (brevet) 15 Dec, 1803, Major, 48th Regt., 14 Feb.,
1805, Lieut.-Col. (brevet) 25 July, 1810, C.B., 14 June, 1815.
He was slightly wounded at the Douro, near Oporto, 1808,
and was severely wounded at Badajoz, (medal, mentioned
in Wellington's despatches from the camp before Badajoz,
18 July, 1812). Colonel Erskine m. 1st, Miss Jones, and 2nd,
Sarah, sister of Anne, Marchioness of Winchester, and dau.
of John Andrews, of Shotley Hall, Northumberland. J He
made his will 13 Sept., 1822, at Sydney, New South Wales,
and mentioned his property named Erskine Park, in that
colony. He d. 7 June, 1825, having had by his second wife,
who d. at Weymouth, 15 May, 1860, aged 86, four sons and
three daus. : —
1. Archibald Erskine, Lieut.-Colonel 45th Regt., 14 April,
1846, m. 31 March, 1846, Augusta Pratt, 3rd dau. of the
Hon. Sir William Oldnall-Russell, D.C.L., Chief Justice
of Bengal, by Louisa Maria, elder dau. of John Lloyd -
Williams, of Gwernant Park, Cardiganshire, and Alder-
brook Hall, Carmarthenshire, by Martha Louisa, second
dau. of Morley Pendred-Saunders, of Saunders Grove,
* Tradition states that there were seven sons, all in the army. James Erskine
was Ensign in 16th Foot 27th May, 1758, in Ireland. James Arskin, Lieut. 103rd
Foot, disbanded 1783.
t Information from the late General Erskine.
j Surtees' History of Durham, iv., 145.
ARCHIBALD ERSKINE.
Lord Liuidart'.s Regiiueut.
From (I Mmhilinr In the pux.^ey.ihn af Mixs Sorah Er^kinr, Wcunwiith.
COLONEL JAMES ERSKINE, C.B., A.D.C.
Lieuteuant-Govemor of New S.ailli Wales.
From a Miniature in the possession of 2Iiss Marian Erskinc, Chelsea.
To face i>. 190.
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Co. WickloWj by Lady Martha Stratford, dau. of John,
1st Earl of Aldborough. Colonel Erskine d. at the Cape
of Good Hope, 18 July, 1848, and his widow m. 2nd,
13 Feb., 1851, the Rev. Charles Compton Domvile,
Rector of Nettletou, Wilts, nephew of Sir Compton
Domvile, Bart., M.P,, of Santry Court, Co. Dublin.
She d. 25 April, 1890, and Mr. Domvile d. 16 May, 1898.
2. James Andrews Erskine, Lieut. 48th Regt., killed in action,
m the expedition against the Rajah of Coorg, Madras,
April. 1834.
3. John Erskine, Capt. l7th Regt., m. at Cheltenham, 27 Nov.,
1845, Lucy, youngest dau. of the Very Rev. Joseph
Palmer, M.A.," Dean of Cashel, brother of Mary,
Marchioness of Thomond, and nephew of Sir Joshua
Reynolds. Capt. Erskine d. 11 Jan., 1855, and his
widow d. 24 April, 1860.
4. George Erskine, General in the army, and Colonel suc-
cessivelv of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
(1888-95), and the 33rd West Riding Regt. (1895-7),
b. 24 Feb., 1815, Ensign 33rd Regt., 17 Aug., 1832,
Lieut.-Colonel, 26 Oct., 1855, Colonel, 12 Aug., 1860,
Major-General 6 March, 1868, Lieut. -General, 1 Oct.,
1877, General, 1 July, 1881, served with the 33rd Regt.
in the Eastern Campaign of 1854-5, including the Battle
of Inkerman and the Siege of Sebastopol. He commanded
the piquets of the Light Division, 14 Oct., 1854, when they
repulsed the enemy's attack; (mentioned in despatches,
medal with two clasps, brevet of Lieut.-Col., 5th Class
of the Medjidie, and Turkish medal). General Erskine
m. 18 Aug., 1855, Frances Ellen, third dau. of John
Slater, J.P., of Carlisle, and d. 7 Oct., 1897. leaving by
her, who d. 19 March, 1894, two children : —
(1.) Archibald James Erskine, Colonel (brevet) Army-
Service Corps. 4 April, 1905, b. 14 Feb., 1858, m.
7 April, 1886, Ellen Blanche, second dau. of Colonel
John Draper, Army Service Corps, Asst. Adj. Gen.
at Gibraltar.
(1.) Sarah Ellen Erskine, m. 14 June, 1902, Samuel Ward.
1. Elizabeth Jane Erskine, d. inim. at Weymouth, 15 Jan.,
1873.
2. Araniinta Erskine, d. unm. at W^eymouth, 29 Aug., 1885,
aged 77.
3. Sarah Erskine, b. 3 Jan., 1811, living 19K)8.
L Araminta Erskine, m. at Cavan, 18 Mav, 1816, Patterson O'Hara,
Lieut. 59th Regt., 2 Sept., 1812. half pay 25 March, 1816,
afterwards Cavan MiUtia, of York St.. Dublin, and by him,
who served at Waterloo, and d. 25 Aug., 1850, had at her
death, 5 June, 1860, an only child : —
Jane O'Hara, m. 20 April, 1841, Robert Conway Hickson,
of Fermoyle, Co. Kerry, J. P., High Sheriff, Co. Kerry,
1855, and d. 10 March, 1889, having had by him, who
d. 4 Nov., 1878, issue :—
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(1.) James Robert Conway Hickson, Lieut, R.A., h.
2 Jan., 1844, d. unm. at Madras, 30th June, 1868.
(2.) Patterson O'Hara Hickson, of Fermoyle, J.P. Co.
Kerry, h. 5 Oct., 1845, d. 28 Sept., 1879.
(3.) Robert Conway Hickson, h. 17 Sept., 1847 d. 28
Feb., 1850.
(4.) George Archibald Erskine Hickson, of Fermoyle
J.P., Co. Kerry, B.A.,T.C.D., C.E., h. 21 Nov., 1854,'
w. 26 Jan., 1884, Lina, youngest dau. of Mahony
Harte, of Rockfield, Co. Kerry, Barrister-at-law,
and has issue : —
i. Robert Conway Hickson, h. 26 Oct., 1884.
ii. George Lionel O'Hara Hickson, h. 6 March,
1887.
(1.) Araminta Theresa Hickson* m. 20 Sept., 1865,
John Coote Ovens, J.P., of Aughnagaddy House, and
Killybegs, Co. Donegal, only son of the Rev. James
Montgomery Ovens, Rector of Inniskeel, Co. Donegal,
by Emily, dau. of the Rev. Joseph Welsh, Rector of
Killatee, same Co., and by him, who d. 29 May, 1894,
had (with John Coote, Emily, and Mary Charlotte,
who d. young) issue : —
i. James Hickson Ovens, Capt. Donegal Artillery,
Asst. Inspector Gold Coast Constabulary, d.,
in Africa, 1892, aged 25.
ii. Robert Montgomery Ovens, Major 38th (1st Batt.
South Staffordshire) Regt., h. 3 July, 1868,
served in Egypt, India and Burmah as Adjutant
of the (80th) 2nd Batt. S. Staffordshire Regt..
and subsequently on the Staff in India as
Station Staff Officer, 1st Class Deputy-Asst.-
Adj.-Gen. for Musketry, Deputy- Asst.-Qr.-Mr.-
Gen. and Brigade-Major, and is at present
commanding the Depot S. Staffordshire Regt.
at Lichfield.
iii. Edward O'Hara Ovens, h. 18 July, 1875, d.
13 March, 1876.
iv. Lionel "William Van Ovens, R.N.R., h. Sept.,
1876.
i. Florence Araminta Ovens, d. 12 Oct., 1870.
ii. Leila Elinor Ovens, m. 26 April, 1897, the Rev.
Edmond Lombard, B.A., then Incumbent of
Glen Alia, Co. Donegal, son of the Rev.
* John Lombard, Rector of Booterstown, Co.
Dublin, by Maria Jane, dau. of the Rev.
George Vaughan Hart, of Glen Alia House,
Co. Donegal.
iii. Minnie Frances Ovens, m. 29 April, 1890,
Edmund Christopher Mansfield, of Ardrummon
House, Co. Donegal, J.P., High Sheriff, Co.
Donegal, 1906, fourth son of Francis Mans-
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field, of Ardrummon, O^.P., D.L., by Mary, dau.
of Sir Samuel Hayes, Bart., of Drurnboe
Castle, same Co. He d. 22 Feb., 1907, having
had issue : —
i. Edmund Francis Hayes Mansfield, b. 11
Nov., 1891.
ii. James Alexander Mansfield, 6. 21 Feb.,
1893.
iii. Richard George Henry Mansfield, 6. 24
Oct., 1894.
i. Muriel Mary Mansfield.
iv. Florence May Ovens, m. 1st, 7 Nov. 1893, John
Knox Mitchell, eldest son of J. K. Mitchell,
of Belfast, and had a dau. : —
Dorothy May Mitchell.
She VI. 2nd, 29 May, 1900, Major Robert
Laurence Ball Steele, Royal Innisldlling
Fusiliers, (retired), son of Robert Ball Steele,
of Rathbride, Co. Kildare, and has a son : —
Robert Montgomery Ball Steele, b. 7 Nov.,
1902.
(2.) Jane Sarah Victoria Hickson, m. 1st 15 Sept., 1870,
Robert John Fitzgerald Day, of Beaufort House, Co.
Kerry, J.P., Lieut. 75th Regt., son of the Rev.
John Robert Fitzgerald Day, M.A., of Beaufort, by
Lucy Jane, dau. of the Ven. William Thompson,
Archdeacon of Cork. Mr. Day d. 15 March, 1883,
having had issue : —
i. John Robert Conway Fitzgerald Day, 6. 3 Nov.,
1877.
ii. Richard Francis O'Hara Fitzgerald Dav, b.
3 Nov., 1881.
i. Maude Philippa Day.
She m. 2nd, 22 Oct. 1884, Ernest de Lautour, and
had further issue : —
iii. William Bertrand de Lautour, b. 18 Aug., 1885.
She m. 3rd, 5 July, 1905, Walter Proctor Ryland,
2nd son of Thomas Ryland, J. P., D.L., of the
Redlands, Erdington, Birmingham.
(3.) Theresa Georgina Adelaide Hickson, m. 16 Sept.,
1880, the Rev. Joseph Rogerson Edmond Cotter
Hodgius, M.A., Vicar of St. James', Birkdale, South-
port, and Hon. Canon of Liverpool, son of the Rev.
Edward Pringle Hodgins, D.D., by Margaret Aiina,
dau. of the Rev. Joseph Rogerson Cotter, grandson of
Sir James Cotter, Bart., of Rockforest, Co. Cork, M.P.
for Askeaton, 1761-8. Issue : —
i. Edward Arthur Hodgins, b. Mav, 1885, d. Dec.
1889.
ii. Edmond Cotter Hodgins, 6. 9 March, 1891.
i. Sydney Margaret O'Hara Hodgins.
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ii. Violet Hodgins, d. Jan., 1884.
iii. Vera Mary Theresa Hodgins.
iv. Muriel Hodgins, d. Feb., 1893.
V. Mildred Josephine Hodgins.
(4.) Sarah Maria Norris Hickson, m. 26 April, 1881, Capt.
James Coulton, Koyal Munster Fusiliers, son of James
Calthrop Coulton, of Kingsbridge, Devon, Surgeon,
and d. 28 March, 1896, having had issue : —
i. Avice Mary Coulton.
ii. Margery Conway Coulton.
The brother of Archibald Erskine (p. 190), was : —
EGBERT ERSKINE, of Cavan, m. 18 May, 1765, Elizabeth, eldest
dau. of Josiah Parr,* of Cavan, son of Bernard Parr. Josiah Parr, by
his will, dated 20 March, 1766, and proved 13 Dec, 1766, left to his
dau. Elizabeth, and his son-in-law, Robert Arshin, all his estate on
the south side of Cavan. Mr. Erskine d. 27 Feb., 1812, having had by
her, who d. 27 July, 1802, aged 65, four sons and two daus. : —
I. JOSIAH ERSKINE, (Rev.), educated at Cavan, under the Rev.
C. Meares, entered Trinity College, Dublin, 4 Nov., 1783, aged
16, B.A. 1789, letters of orders as deacon 6 Feb., 1790, and
priest 19 Feb., 1792, Curate of Drumlane, Vicar of Denn 10
Oct., 1812, Rector of Knockbride, Co. Cavan, 23 April, 1813,
m. 1799, Marianne, dau. of Henry Swanzy, of Avelreagh, Co.
Monaghan, by Anne, dau. of the Rev. Andrew Nixon, Vicar
of Ahamplish, and d. 1 Feb., 1819, having had issue, for whom
* Among the Cromwellian Depositions, preserved in the Library, Trinity
College, Dublin, is one of Elizabeth Parr, of Aghreylowes ( ?), Co. Cavan, widow,
sworn 22 [illegible) 1641 [-2 ?]. She states " That about the 24th of October last
this deponents husband, William Parr, and shee the deponent at Aghreylowes
aforesaid had their hoiise broken open and seased upon by the Rebells, and were
by them the said Rebells spoiled, robbed or were despoiled of their goods and
chattells to the value following. In beaste cattell, hoarse and sheep howsehold
goods, etc., etc. . . . , and saith that the stripping of her husband and 4 children
did much forward their deathes." Endorsed on a lease of the lands of Killyfanna
Co. Cavan, 24 Dec, 1719, Whyte to Cottingham, is a memorandum by Francis
Whyte, dated 11 Sept., 1749, to the effect that the life of Bernard Parr, son of
John Parr, of Purgreen, Co. Cavan, be inserted instead of Henry Green, of Dres-
ternan, dec. (deed in possession of Sirs. Swanzy, Ivy Lodge, Newry).
There is a Kilmore and Ardagh marriage licence, 2 Feb., 1718-9, between
Robert Smyth, of Longford, and Alice Parr of Cavan. Miss Marian Erskine,
Chelsea, has a commission, dated 22 March, 1756, in the 29th year of His Majesty's
Reign, appointing Josiah Parr to be Ensign in the Independent Company of
Militia Foot in the County of Cavan. It is on a printed form, and the first two
figures of the date of the year are printed " 16," but " the 29th year of His
Majesty's Reign " fixes the time as George II. 'e reign. Josiah Parr drew up a
list of the marriages and births in his family, which is still preserved. He m. Ist
29 Nov., "St. Andrew's Eve," 1738, Margaret Parr, who "was Boarn 28th
September at 10 of the clock in the morning, Being Monday, 1719." By her,
who d. 22 July, 1762, he had three sons and four daus. (1.) Bernard Parr, h. 18
Jan., 1741, (2) Thomas Parr, h. 5 Nov., 1748. (3) Josiah Parr, b. 12 March, 1752.
(1) Elizabeth Parr, h. 5 Nov., 1739, m. 18 May, 1765, Robert Erskine, see above.
(2) Jane Parr, h. 31 May, 1744. (3) Leah Parr, h. 16 Aug., 1746, buried at Cavan,
20 Feb., 1815. (4) Anne Parr, b. 8 Jan., 1759, m. Ralph Foster, and had an only
child, Margaret Foster, d. unm., Sept., 1859. Josiah Parr m. 2nd 17 Nov., 1765,
Elizabeth Weaver, of TuUy, Co. Cavan, "with a fortune of 1600Z." (Pue's
Occurrences, 23 Nov.). His will, dated 20 March, 1766, was proved same year,
witnesses Thomas Parr, Henry Parr, John Parr. He was apparently survived
by only three of his children, Elizabeth, Leah and Anne, who were his heirs.
195
see pp. 119-123. His portrait is in the possession of Mrs.
Swanzy, Ivy Lodge, Newry, and his wife's miniature is at
The Yews J Newry.
II. Moutray Erskine, of Cavan, 6. 22 Dec, 1769, m. Elizabeth Jane,
sister of Henry Hevan Wilson -Slator, of Whitehill, Co. Long-
ford, and BeUeville. Co. Meath, J.P., High Sheriff Co. Longford,
1851, and youngest dau. of Thomas Wilson, M.D., of Corric-
kane, Co. Cavan, bv Marv, dau. of Alexander Slator, of White-
hill. ' Mr. Erskine" d. 1820, having had by her (who m. 2nd
1827, the Rev. Robert Thomas Bell) six children •—
1. Robert St. John Erskine, b. 1810, d. unni.
2. Moutray Erskine, of Cavan, Solicitor, b. 1812, m. 2 Nov.,
1847, Elizabeth, youngest dau. of Robert Baker, of Anna,
Co. Cavan, by his wife, dau. of Robert Bell Booth, of
Drumcarbin, Co. Cavan. Mr. Erskine d.s.p. 13 Oct., 1851,
and his widow w. 2nd, 4 Aug., 1853, her cousin George
Carmichael, eldest son of John Carmichael, by Jane
Amelia, 2nd dau. of Robert Bell Booth. He d. 25 Jan.,
1860.
3. Thomas W. Erskine, 6. 1810, d. unm.
1. Margaret Mary Erskine, m. 16 April, 1825, William Bell,
of The Rocks, Crossdoney, Co. Cavan, brother of Lieut.-
General Sir George Bell, K.C.B., and son of George Bell,
of Bell View, Co. Cavan, by Catherine, dau. of Dommick
Nugent, M.P. She d. 11 Sept., 1894, aged about 88, and
her husband d. 18 May, 1883, leaving one son and two
daus.: —
(1.) Wilham Bell, d. 19 May, 1884.
(1.) Catherine Georgina Bell, m. 26 Sept., 1850, WilUam
Bacon, of Lunces Hall, Wivelsfield, Sussex, and d.
16 April, 1889, leaving issue :—
i. William Bacon, of Horsham, 6. 29 June, 1855,
m. 13 Oct., 1886, Mary Helena Frederica, dau.
of Richard Newbery" Coles, of Priors Court,
near Newbury, Berks., and has : —
1. William Bell Bacon, b. 29 Sept., 1887.
1. Muriel Iris Bacon,
i. Beatrice Margaret Ann Bacon, m. 19 Sept., 1882,
John Saxby, eldest son of John Saxby, of Cold
Harbour Park, Wivelsfield, and by him, who
d. Nov., 1905, has :—
1. Guy Harold Bacon Saxby, b. 2 Nov., 1888.
1. Irene Catherine Hannah Saxby.
ii. Catherine Georgina Bacon.
(2 ) Elizabeth Jane Bell, ni. 1859, the Hon. Levi Ruggles
Church, Q.C., Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench
in Canada, formerly Attorney-General for Canada,
and by him, who d. 30 Aug., 1892, had, with another
son, who d. unm., Issue : —
i. Athol B. R. Church, d.
i. Maude Church, m. Oscar Campbell, New York.
N 2
196
ii. Mildred Church, m. James George, Sohcitor,
Toronto.
iii. Bernice Church, Mrs. Gardiner.
2. Mary Erskine, m. 1st, Henry Wilton, of Omard, Co. Cavan,
and had an only child : —
(1.) Thomas Henry Wilton, of Omard, Lieut. Cavan
Militia, d. unm.
She m. 2nd, William Leslie, of Cootehill, J.P., High Sheriff
Co. Cavan 1875, and d. 7 June, 1877, leaving by him,
who d. 1880, further issue : —
(2.) WiUiam Henry Moutray Leslie, J.P., High Sheriff
Co. Cavan, 1882, Major Cavan Militia, h. 1846, d, unm.
19 Nov., 1899.
(1.) Araminta Erskine Leslie, m. 27 Aug., 1879, Thomas
Cunningham, J.P., of Belfast, who d. 1 Aug., 1895,
and had an only child : —
' Edith Mary Leslie Cunningham, m. 30 Jan.,
1905, Thomas Hamilton Moore, of Billown,
Isle of Man, and d. 4 June, 1906, leaving a
son : —
Thomas George Henry Maurice Moore, 6.
18 May, 1906.
3. Elizabeth Jane Erskine, m. 1st, 23 Dec, 1842, William
Alexander Dougall, M.D., and 2nd Sheehan.
III. Robert Erskine, Major 4th Regt., 25 April, 1826, served in the
Peninsular war, and was present at Badajoz and Salamanca ;
also served in America, severely wounded in the action near
New Orleans, 8 Jan., 1815. He d. at Gibraltar, 1828, leaving
by his will dated 22 Dec, 1818, his property to his sister
Araminta, and his niece Anne Erskine, afterwards Mrs.
Swanzy, see p. 121. His miniature is in the possession of Miss
Marian Erskine, London.
IV. William Erskine, of Cavan, 2nd Lieut. Cavan Militia, 22 Oct.,
1796, Treasurer of Co. Cavan for nearly thirty years, and
Bishop's Registrar for Kilmore, d. unm. 21 March, 1841. A
miniature of him is at Ivy Lodge, Newry.
I Margaret Erskine, b. 27 Feb., 1766, d. unm. at Mallow, Co.
Cork.
II. Araminta Erskine, d. unm. at Cavan, Nov., 1852, aged 84,
miniature at Ivy Lodge, Newry.
197
APPENDIX XL
Conway Benning, 1737-1823, see p. 154.
By his descendant, Conway Dighton.
Conway Benning's birthplace and parentage are both unknown. On
the supposition that he may have belonged to the Bennings of Willes-
den, mentioned in the Visitation of Middlesex (1663), search has been
made for his baptism at Ealing a)id Willesden in vain ; and, finding
from the Gentleman's Magazine that a Rev. William Benning died
Vicar of Abington, near Cambridge, in 1753, I made inquiries there,
also to no purpose.
He entered Trinity College, Dublin, as a Pensioner, Sept. 3, 1755,
there being no mention in the Matriculation Book (p. 225) of his age'
parentage, or place of birth. He had been educated by Mr. Arthur,'
and his College tutor was Francis Andrews, afterwards Provost.
He graduated B.A. 1760, LL.B. and LL.D., 1776, and is said, I know
not on what authority, to have been tutor to Lord Moira. He was
admitted Deacon at Belfast by William, Bishop of Down, June 7
1760, and ordained Priest at the same place, 1761. On June 8, 1763'
he was instituted to the Vicarage of Glenavy, Camolin, and Tullyrush
diocese of Connor, Patron the Marquis of Hertford, where he stayed
till 1770, in which year, on May 5, he was collated to the Rectory of
Donaghcloney, the Rectory of Magherally, and the Archdeaconry of
Dromore. In these preferments he remained 7 years. He resigned
the Archdeaconry in 1777 (Cotton's Fasti, III., 297), and in that year
was travelling on the Continent. In Nash's Historical and Genealogical
Records, quoted in a Memoir of the great Duke of Wellington's Birth
and School Days in the Illustrated London News of Dec. 11, 1852, it is
stated by the Rev. R. Butler " that when the future Duke was a boy
at Anjers Military College, the late Dr. Benning when travelling with
Lord Blayney " (the 10th Baron, who d. a minor, 1784) " asked the
head of that establishment if he had any English boys of promise under
his care, and he replied that he had one English boy of great promise
of the name of Wesley, the son of Lord Mornington."
On March 7, 1778, he was instituted to the Vicarage of Rathmolyon,
diocese of Meath, which he held for the rest of his life, as stated in a
copy of his memorial tablet in Rathmolyon Church.
Dr. Benning was a member of the Amicable Annuity Company of
Newry, Co. Down, admitted 1 Aug., 1770.
It is clear that he followed the fashion of his day in being non-resident,
keeping a curate at Rathmolyon, while he himself lived chiefly at
Kilroot, a place about 2i miles from Carrickfergus, on Belfast Lough.
His name only occurs ten times in his parish register us performing
occasional duties between 1815 and 1821. He d. 30 March (Easter Day),
1823, in his 86th year, and was buried at Rathmolyon. He left directions
that he should lie beside his wife, whom he had caused to be buried
108
on the eastern side of the churchyard as a protest against a belief of
his poorer Roman Catholic neighbours that the souls of those thus buried
remained long in Purgatory. In consequence of a subsequent restoration
and enlargement of the church towards the east the bodies of the Arch-
deacon and his wife now repose in what is the aisle of the present
edifice. A mural tablet to their memory is in the north transept. It
calls Conway Eenning " a distinguished Scholar, an Eloquent preacher,
a pious Minister." He m. Anne, dau. of Henry Ellis, of Prospect,
Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim, and by her, who d. 5 Sept., 1819, in her
76th year, he had two sons and three daus. : —
I. Conway Benning, entered the Royal Artillery in Ireland, as Lieut.
25 July, 1795 ; was stationed at Dundalk on Jan. 1, 1800,
as appears from a letter of his to one of his sisters. After-
wards he was transferred to the Infantry, and as Capt, 2nd
Batt. 66th Foot, he was killed at Albuera, 16 May, 1811.
H.R.H. the Duke of York wrote to his father : — " Horse
Guards, 12 Nov., 1813. Sir, The Prince Regent having been
graciously pleased to command in the name and on behalf
of His Majesty, that the officers present at the Battle of
Albuera should be permitted to bear a medal commemorative
of that Victory, I have to transmit to you the medal which
would have been conferred upon the late Captain Conway
Benning, of the 2nd battalion, 66th Regt. of foot, and which the
Prince Regent has been pleased to direct should be deposited
with his family as a token of the respect which His Royal
Highness entertains for the memory of that officer. I am,
Sir, Yrs. Frederick, Commander in Chief."
II. James Benning, m. at St. Peter's, Dublin, 13 Sept., 1801,
Charlotte, sister of Frederick Berry, of Birr, King's Co. She
d. his widow 10 Jan., 1830.
I. Eleanor Benning, m. 22 May, 1795, Noah Webb Dalway, of
Balh^hill, otherwise Bellahill, near Carrickfergus, M.P. for
Carrickfergus, 1799-1801, and 1801-2, and had issue, for whom
see Burke's Landed Gentry, 1863.
II. Millicent Mary Benning, m. 14 Nov., 1798, Samuel Allen, M.D.,
son of Samuel Allen, of Lisconnan, Co. Antrim, (see McSkimin's
History of Carrickfergus, 3rd edition, p. 305). They had ten
children : — (1) Samuel, who has left a M.S. account of his
tour in Palestine in 1826. He d. in Paris. (2) Henry Ellis
Allen (father of Samuel Allen, now of Lisconnan, J.P., High
Sheriff Co. Antrim, 1886, Henry Allen, C.E., now in Canada,
Marcus Allen, Surgeon late R.A., and George Burgess Allen,
Colonel R.A. retired). (3) George AUen, of Geelong, Australia,
d. Dec, 1898. (4) Conway James Allen. (5) Thomas Allen.
(1) Anne Allen, m. Edmond Douglas, and had issue. (2) Ellen
Allen, d. unni. (3) Amelia Allen, d. unm. (4) Jane Allen, d.
unm. (5) Frances Allen, w. 4 Dec, 1849, the Rev. Charles
Edward Dighton, B.A., Vicar of Maisemore, Glouc, and d. 28
March, 1897, leaving issue, of whom the third son is Conway
Dighton, the compiler of the above account of his great-
grandfather, Conway Benning.
III. Jane Benning, m. Sept., 1800, Thomas Higinbotham, of Dublin,
and had issue, for whom see p. 154.
INDEX OF NAMES.
Names of persons not related to some member of the family, {e.g. Dean Swift,
p. 12), are not indexed.
Where a name is mentioned incidentally, {e.g. Rev. Andrew Nixon, p. 99).
it is not indexed.
The names included in the extracts from parish registers given in Appendix
VIII., are not indexed.
Abercorn,
Abraham,
Achesou,
Adair
Adams, .
Adamson,
Addington,
Adlam, .
Ainsworth
Akie,
Alcock, .
Aldborough,
Allen,
Allin, .
Allison, .
Altamont,
Amos,
Anderson,
Andrews,
Antonio,
Arbuthnot,
Archdall,
Areskin,
Argyll, .
Ariskin, .
Armstrong, . 45, 71,
Arskin, .
Arnot,
Ashburner,
Askin,
Ashtown,
Aston,
Athlumney,
Atkinson,
Atrutel, .
Aiichinleck,
Austen. .
Aylmer,
A\Te3,
78,
Page
139
125
67, 91
132
80, 103
126
30
32
102
151
70, 72, 74
78, 191
198
111
62
145
158
33, 106
190
63
78, 90
94, 95
188
187
188
07, 142, 159
188
125
182
188
142
101
36, 37
124
78
165
92
72
117
77:
40.
Babington,
Bacon, .
Baggallay,
Baillie .
Baker, .
Ball,
Balmain.
B:innerman,
Barbut, .
Barklie, . . 154, 155,
Barrett,
Barry, see Smith- Barry.
Barrymore.
Barton,
68,156. 157,
isn
I'.to
ISO
88
195
116
57
129
57
156
181
149
170
Bates,
Battersbj',
Battye, .
B£.ttye, sec Trevor-Batty
Baxter,
Baylia, .
Bean
Bearo,
Beatty, .
Beaumont,
Becher, ,
Beckett,
Bedell, .
Bedingfeld,
Begg, .
Beit,
Belany, .
Bell,
Belvedere,
Benham,
Bennet,
Benning,
Benton, .
Beresford,
Bernard,
Bernard-Mor land ,
Berning,
Berry, . . 12G,
Bessborough,
Biddall. .
Biggs, .
Billing, .
Bingham,
Bird,
Birney, .
Blacker,
Blake. . .24
Blencowp,
Rlennerhasset,
Bloomlield,
Blunt, .
Bohn, .
Boland, .
Bolton, .
Bond, .
Booth. .
Booth, nee Gore-Booth,
Borough,
Bovell, .
Bovd, .
Boyle. .
Bo>Tie, .
Brabazon,
B^ad8ha^*,
Bradstreet,
9
Page
161
152
180
102
85
59
71
96
41, 80
180
147
26
75
121
88
33
195
41, 179
60
58
154, 197. 198
40
160. 1
69,
23
86, 146
25
24
79
74, 198
30
103
91
23
157
20
86
57. 134
76, 135
179
19, 40
179
131. 132
136
92
109, 185
39. 41, 55
195
66. 167
74
99, 102. 103
73
94
90
29. 30
147
200
Page
Page
Brady 119, 189
Clarke, .
23, 103
Braham,
64
Clayton,
186
Bray,
. 113
Clements,
62, 149
Brennan,
86
Chffe, .
. 30, 31
Brett,
74
Coane, .
. 141
Britton, .
27
Cobbe, .
86
Brooke, .
146, 151, 156
Cochrane,
132, 151
Brooker,
109
Coddington,
88
Browne, 2, 81,
120,
145, 179, 186
Coke,
. 149
Browulow,
. 186
Colborne,
149
Brownrigg,
30
Colclough,
22, 120
Brydges,
75
Cole-Hamilton,
82
Buccleuch,
143, 148
Coleridge,
. 134
Buchanan,
24, 112
Coles,
. 195
Buckinghamshire,
57
Colhoun,
189
BuUen, .
86
CoUett, .
. 107
Buller, .
. 180
Collins, .
92, 121, 122
Bulteel, .
49
Colquhoun,
117
Bunting,
117
Conry, .
52
Burrowes,
48, 137
Con3mgham, .
36, 87. 102
Burrows,
96
Cooke, .
92, 178
Butler, .
36, 41, 137
Cooper, .
. 59, 60
Butler, see Wandesforde-Butler.
Coote, ... 6
3, 80, 85, 86
Butt 116, 117
Cope,
87
Copeland,
. 29, 91
Corry, .
84, 85, 86
Caird 63
Cosby, .
. 133
Caldwell, .... 7
Cotter, .
161, 193
Callwell, . . . 155, 156
Coulton,
194
Campbell, 40, 54, 85, 101, 122. 187, 195
Courtown , . !
17, 143, 179
Campbell, see Graham-Campbell.
Cox,
. 116
Cane 176
Cramond,
. 107
Carden, .
90
Cranswick,
86
Carey, .
129
Crawford,
139
Carlisle, .
42
Crawford and Balcarres,
42
Carmichael,
195
Crawfurd,
87
Carr,
47, 169
Crawfurd-PoUok
87
Carrick, .
. 137
Crofton, . . .
35
Carson, .
. 67, 75
Crookshank, .
88
Carter, .
33, 125, 126
Crossle, . . . .
. 153
Cartwright-Enery, .
. 132
Crowther-Smith,
. 165
Carus- Wilson, .
. 166
Crozier, .
103
Cary,
19, 75, 188
Cruise, .
. 36, 88
Castlemaine, .
. 176
Cuddy, . . . .
. 159
Castlestuart, .
. 189
Cuming,
86, 161
Catania,
58
Cunningham, .
115, 196
Caulfeild,
37
Curry, .
75, 76, 189
Cayley, .
. 126
Curtis, . . 18,23
, 74, 126, 155
Chambers,
33
Cutts . . . .
. 186
Chamley,
77
Chamney,
. 124
Chandos,
75
Dale,
113
Chandos-Pole-Gell,
. 180
Dalway,
198
Charlemont, .
37
Dalziel, .
. 179
Charleville,
41
Daniel, .
. 179
Chatham,
. 129
Darley, .
. 143
Chernock,
186
David, . . .
21
Chidley, .
86
Davies, .
85
Childe, .
20
Davis,
136
Cholmeley,
25
Dawson, 41, 65, 1
05, 106. 151
Chorley,
. 186
Day,
. 193
Church, .
. 195
de Bouffon,
21
Churchill,
. 180
de Bressy,
21
Chute, .
111
de Burgh,
. 149
Clancarty,
. 144
de Cerjat
. 143
Clanmorris,
. 157
De Gennes
. 136
Clare, .
. 102
de la Rive
. 136
Clark, .
106
de Lautour
. 193
201
Delhoste,
de Markievicz
Dempsey,
Denham,
Denison,
Dennis, .
Desbrisay,
Desrainieres,
de Turkheim,
de Vassall,
de Vives
Devonsher,
de Ziiylen de Nyevelt,
Dewhiirst,
Dickey, .
Dickson,
Dightxjn,
Dilworth,
Dixon, .
Dobbin, .
Dobbs, .
Dobel, .
D'Oisy. .
Domvilo,
Donaldson,
Dopping,
Dougall,
Douglas,
DouU, .
Downes,
Doyne, .
Drake, .
Draper, .
Drinkile .
Drogheda,
Drope, .
Drought,
Drummond-Hay,
du Cros,
Duncannon,
Dunlop .
Dunraven,
Duplex, .
Eastwood,
Eccle3, .
Eckersall,
Eckersall, see Nixon
Edininsou,
Egerton-Warburton,
Eglinton,
Eliot,
ElUott, .
Ellis,
Emerson,
Enery, 67, 69, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132.
133, 139, 167, 172
English, . . . . 16
Enniskillen 82
Erskine, 92, 103, 119, 120, 121, 122, 127.
187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 194, 195, 196
Eskin, 188
Eustace, .176
Evered 93
Page
181, 182
147
97
115
36
128
178
6
136
174
136
132
179
80
101
164
198
63
130
77
91,93
136
97
191
114
89
196
198
64
70, 149
24
109
159, 191
186
179
108, 175. 185
24, 178
180
125
30
63
148
8
30
51, 52
142, 143, 145
Eckersall.
188
146
144
129
119
88, 89, 198
68
Falkiner,
Falls, .
Fanning,
111
100
Id, 20
Page
Faris 134
Famell-Watson, ... 59
Famham, . . 137, 142
Farthing 158
Fergus 150
Ferrier 113
Fetherstonhaugh, . . 74, 178
Fiddes, 165
Field 72, 181
Fielding, .... 64
Finglas 66
FitzGerald, . . 97, 148, 149
Fitzgerald, . . 21, 90, 177
Fleming, . . 134, 139, 140
Fletcher, .... 26
Foljambe 146
Follis 71
Foote, 56
Foreman, .... 153
Forgood, .... 20
Forster, 151
Fortescue, . . . , 29, 36
Foster, ... 78, 147, 194
Fownes, ..... 87
Franks 137
Eraser 181
Peench, Alice, . . . 16
„ Alicia, Mrs. Duplex, . 8
,, Alicia, nee Harris, . 8
,, Anne, nee Le Hunte, . 15, 27
Anne, ... 18
„ Catherine, . . 8
Daniel (Major), 3, 4, 6, 26
Daniel, of Dublin, 3, 5, 9
Deborah, Mrs. Pigott, 18, 22
,, Elinor, nee Johnston, 3, 6
„ Elinor, ... 9
Elinor, ... 18
Elinor, Mrs. Stanford, 28
Elinor, Mrs. Tisdall, 4, 6, 38
Elizabeth, Mrs. Curtis. 18
,, Elizabeth, nee Lenthall, 7
„ Ehzabeth, Mrs. Sherwood, 9
,, Frances, IVIrs. Stanton, 18
George, ... 16
„ Harriet, Mrs. Hawker, 8
Humphrey, M.P., 3, 9, 10, 11,
12, 13, 14, 15
Humphrey, (Rev.), . 16
„ Humphrey, . . 8
„ Isabella, nee Bedell, . 26
,, Jane, ... 18
,, Jane, nee . 8
Joamia, Mrs. Fanning, 19, 39
,, Kathcrine, Mrs. Greene, 18
„ Letitia, nee . 15
,, Letitia, ... 16
„ Marianne, Mrs. Nixon, 19, 39,
S3, 108, 172
Margaret Rebecca, . 8
Martha, . . . 18
Mary, ... 2
Mary ... 9
Mary, nee . 9
,, Mary, Tiee Meade, 17, 174
Mary, . 18
Mary, Mrs. Fletcher, . 26
Mary, Mrs. Warburton. 3,6,34
202
Page
Page
French, Mary, nee Perrott,
7
Griffin 71
,, Mary, Mrs. Harford, .
16
Griffith, .
. > '60
,, Mary, Mrs. Rouse,
8
Griffiths,
'>•'■
Mathew, of Belturbet,,
1, 2,
Grimthorpe,
'. U.
3, 4,
5, 6
Grogan, .
67
Mathew, of Dublin, 3, 6
, 17,
Grosvenor,
150
174
Grove, .
19
Mathew (Rev.), . 17, 18
Guise,
80
,, Mathew, .
9
,, Mathew .
16
,, Mathew, .
19
Haig 159
,, Mathew, of Bally hubback, 3,
Hailes, .
50
7
Haire,
96
„ Rebecca, .
18
Hales, .
126
,, Rebecca, nee Beaumont,
9
Haliday,
123
,, Richard, of Beltiu^bet,
1
Halton, .
105
,, Richard, .
2
Hauiiil-Stewart
90
„ Richard, of Dublin, 3,
4, 5.
Hamilton, 22, 29. 35, 39, 40, 49, 69, 87,
6, 7
94, 97, 108, 131, 139, 140, 151, 180.
,,, Richard, .
4, 9
181
Richard, of Baltinglass,
7, 8,
Hamilton, see Morri
s- Jones- Hamilton.
39
Hammick,
95
,, Richard, .
9
Hammond,
101
Richard, .
15
Hampton,
150
„ Robert,
1
Hancox,
135
,, Robert,
15
Handcock,
176
Susanna, afterwarda
Hands, .
177
Anderson,
2
Hanna, .
. 77, 97
,, Susanna, nee English,
16
Harcourt,
147
„ Susanna, Mrs. Le Hunte,
15,
Hardcastle,
165
27
Harden, .
179
,, Susanna, Mrs. Sheridan,
18
Hare,
96
William, .
8
Harford,
16, 164
Frend
143
Harkness,
Harley, .
Harpur, .
67, 170
113, 114
73
Gale
31
Harris, .
8. 109
Gardiner, ....
196
Hart, .
192
Garvey, .....
143
Harte, .
192
Gaussen, ....
114
Hartigan,
141
Gayford, ....
159
Hartland,
113
Geale, .....
36
Hassard, 44, 48, 50, 61. 67, 68, 75, 89,
Gebbie, .....
125
111, 165, 168, 170, 182, 186
Gell, see Chandos-Pole-Gell.
Haverfield, .... 61
George, .....
196
Hawker,
8, 9
Gillman, ....
123
Hawkins,
24, 145
Gillmor, .....
139
Hay-Druramond-Ha^
f,
180
Glenawly, ....
40
Hayes .
79
Glenny, . 100, 101,
102
Hayward,
41
Glyde ....
107
Hearn, .
95
Goddard, ... 40,
175
Heaviside,
21
Godley
129
Hecclefield,
28
Goodaker ....
174
Heighington, .
120
Goold, . 143, 144, 145, 146, 148
150
Helsham,
132
Goold-Verschoyle, .
145
Hemsworth, .
68
Gore, . . 37, 98, 130,
188
Henesey,
118
Gore-Booth, . . 146, 147,
148
Henry, .
99, 130
Gorges, .....
40
Henty, .
122
Gorges-Meredyth,
36
Herbert,
176
Gosford, ....
91
Heron, .
31
Gosling, .....
155
Herschel,
61
Graham-CampbeU, .
134
Heylaud,
181, 182
Grant, .....
57
Hickson, . 78,
191,'
192, 193, 194
Grattan, 29, 89, 90, 91, 93, 94,
121
Higginbotham,
130
Green, . . . 50, 111,
116
Higgins,
40, 181
Greene, .... 18,
120
Higinbotham, 47, 68, 70, 151, 152, 153,
Gregory
138
154, 157, 158, 169, 170, 198
Gregson, . . 161, 163,
164
Higinbothom, .
«
•
157
203
Page 1
Page
Hili, ... 55, 146, 186 |
Kirkman.
123
HUtoa, .
. 186 1
Kitchenham, .
139
Hinton, .
. 107
Kitterman.
110
Hobart, .
57
Knipe, ....
. 49, 50
Hodgins,
193, 194
Knox, . 50. 115, 138, 160, 161
Hodson,
8
Kyle, . 152, 159, 160,
161. 165. 166
Hogan, .
166
Kynaston,
. 32. 33
Holden, .
21
Holmes, .
77, 123
Holroyd,
130
Lander, ....
111
Home, .
187
Lane,
82
Homershara,
107
Lanesborough,
41
Honner, .
116
Lavender,
129
Horan, .
52. 158, 160
Law,
50
Hore,
30
Lawrence,
'. 100,"
122. 144. 185
Homcastle,
174
Lea,
107
Horrocks,
165
Leeds,
37
Houston,
125
Leet,
64
Howard,
17, 42, 49, 175
Legge, .
15
Hubback,
. 40. 41
Le Gros,
56
Hudson, (
7. 75
, 89, 90, 94, 101
Le Hunte,
15, 27, 28
Hughes, .
106, 107, 150
Leicester,
149
Hume, .
182
Leitrim. .
149
Hume-Roc hfor
t.
. 179
Lo Mesurier. .
. 145
Hungerford,
. 126
Lenthall.
7
Hunt, .
117. 122
Leonard,
111
Hunter, .
63
Leslie,
66, i
31, 139, 196
HUSOQ, .
. 27. 28
L' Estrange,
,
34, 148
Hutchinson,
22
L'Estrange-Malone .
146
Lewis . . . i
02, 117, 165
Leycester-PenrhjTi, .
155
Inchiquin, . . . .160
Lightburne,
. 102
Innes,
59
Lindsay,
42
Irvine, .
64, 68. 162
Little, 67, 100, 161, 162.
163, 164. 165
Irwin,
99
Litton. .
. 166
Izod,
90
Liverpool,
. 146
Lloyd-Williams,
190
Lombard,
. 192
Jackson, , . 97, 99. 105, 120
Long.
132
Jacson, .
81
Longford,
96
James, .
177. 185
Lothian .
148
Jellett, .
92
Louis. .
73
Jessop, .
89
Lovat. .
. 181
Johnson,
. 4. 161
Loveland,
60
Johnston,
. 6. 61. 64, 96, 99
Lowry. .
26
Johnstone,
25. 141
Lowther-Crofton.
35
Jones, 29, 37, 99, 105. 109. 110, 111,
Lucas.
94. 125
141. 153. 190
Lumley.
. 146
Jones, see Morris-Jones, and Morris-
Lumley-Savile.
146
Jones- Hamilton.
Luscorabe.
. 93. 94
Judd 115
Lushington,
58
Lyon.
62. 154, 185
Lyons, .
178
Keane. ..... 72
Lyons-Montgomery,
. 94, 95
Kearney.
75
Keating.
72
Kellett. .
. 88. 93. 94
McAlpine,
164
KeUie. .
. 187
McCalmont.
156, 157
Kempthome,
. 134
McCamis.
. 184
Kennedy.
. 40, 56. 155
Macarthur.
. 126
Kenworthey.
55
M.'vcartney.
. 53, 60, 61
Kerr. .
148
M'Cartney
95
Khundkar,
. 119
M'Carthy.
124
Kidd. .
118
Macaulay,
91
KUdahl. .
63
MacCausland,
39
Killanin, .
147
McCawly,
177
King. .
50, 126
McDonnell,
100
Kinkead,
. 185
M'Gowan,
63
204
123,
M'Guire,
M'Harg,
Mackarness,
Mackay,
McKeand,
McKenzie,
MacMahon,
McMaster,
Macpherson,
Magrath,
Malone, see L'
Manners,
Mansergh,
Mansfield,
Mar,
Marlay, .
Marshall,
Martin, .
Martley,
Mason, .
Masson, .
Massy, .
Mather, .
Mathews,
Maunsell,
Maxwell,
May,
Meade, .
Meade-Waldo,
Meares, .
Mee,
Meharry,
Meldrum,
Mellon,
Menzies,
Meredyth,
Mervyn,
Metge, .
Mejmell,
Middleton,
Middleton-Wybrants,
Millan, .
Millar, .
Miller, ,
Milling, ,
MilUngton,
Millner, .
Mills, .
Minchin,
Mitchell,
Molloy, .
Monaghan,
Monck, .
Montagu,
Montagu- Donglas-Scott,
Page
152
56
. 134
124, 158
60
48
67, 185
67
57
159
Estran^e-Malone.
42
19
147, 192, 193
187
.-41, 42
107
154, 156, 156
120
48
135
156
123, 124, 126
. 176
110, 176
20, 137, 142
149, 150, 154
7. 17, 174, 175
179, 180
120, 141
84
96
162
119
31
36
19
96
135
75
176
118
74
65, 77, 108
109
114
98
115
40
35, 193
132
49
156
57
143
Montgomery (formerly Nison) :
,, Adelaide Maud, nee
Berning, . . 79
„ Alethe Sylva, Mrs.
Wingfield-Stratford, 79
„ Alexander, of Bessniount, 82
,, Alexander, . . 82
„ Alexander, . . 82
„ Alexander Nixon (Major) 77
„ Alexander Nixon (Rev.) 77
„ Alexander Nixon, . 78
„ Alexander Nixon, . 78
Page
Montgomery, Alexander Nixon
(Capt.), .
Alexander Kandal
William
Alexandra Rogeria
Louisa , Mrs. Beau-
mont,
Alicia, nee Verner, .
Anna Elizabeth Mary,
Anna Maria, Mrs. Nixon, 73,
80
Anna Sophia, nee
Adams,
Arthur Henry,
Arthur Henry,
Blanche Lucia, Mrs.
Hayes,
Dulcia Gabriella,
Dulcia Maud, .
Edith Lavinia Decima,
Ehza, nee Stanley, .
Elizabeth, nee Holmes,
EUzabeth, Mrs. Power,
EUzabeth Stanley, .
Francis Chamley,
Gabriel Charles Lang-
ford, .
George, .
George Alexander Nixon, 78
Georgina Hickson, . 78
Grace Dorothea, Jlrs.
Wingfield-Stratford,
Handcock,
Henrietta, nee Stafford,
Henrietta Frances, nee
Chamley,
Irene Sibyl Theresa, .
78
82
80
78
78
78
77
77
79
79
79
80
77
77
82
78
77
79
77
79
78
82
77
80
Istere Alicia, nee
Atrutel, . . 78
Istere Octavia, Mrs.
Dewhiu-st, . . 80
Jane Caroline, . 82
Jeannie Holmes, . 78
Jeaimie Holmes, Mrs.
Adams, . . 78
John Willoughby Verner, 79
Madeline, . . 77
Mark Anthony, . 80
Mary, ... 78
Mary, Mrs. Adams, . 80
Mary, nee Lane, . 82
Mary Elizabeth, nee
Hanna, . . 77
Miu-iel Constance, . 80
Quintin Hogg, . 79
Robert, ... 77
Roger, ... 78
Roger Quintin, . 79
Thomas, ... 80
Waldyve David, . 79
Montgomery, . . . 68, 131
Montgomery, see Lyons-Montgomery.
Moore, 22, 23, 50, 51, 91, 92, 100, 121,
123, 133, 136, 155, 169, 179, 196
Moorhead, . . . 86, 123
Morgan, ..... 93
Morland, .... 24
Morres, . . . . .143
205
Page
Morris, .
. 130,
142,
147, 154
Morris-Jones, .
.
. 87. 88, 89
Morris- Jones-Hamilton,
89
Morrison,
7
Morton, .
36
Mottram,
106
Moulden,
. 107
Mountflorence,
82
Moutray,
"187.
188, 189
Mowlds,
8
Moxham,
. 177
Munro, .
63
Murray, .
66, 180
Napier, .
33
Nason, .
97
Nesbitt, . 130,
133,' 135,
130.
137. 170
Netterville,
69
Nevile, .
136, 181
Newburgh,
7
Newcomen,
144
Nicholas,
59
Nicholls,
76, 143
Nickson,
44
Nind, .
61
Nixon
Abigail, nee Clements, . 62
Abigail, Mrs. Kildahl, . 63
Adam, ... 45
Adam (Rev.), . 47, 51, 169
Adam, (of Granshagh) . 48
Adam (Rev.), 66, 99, 140, 162.
168, 169, 170, 172
Adam(of TheGraan), 69,131.
139
Adam (of Greeny). 84. 172
Adam (Lieut.), . . 97
Adam (of Cranleybeg) . 177
Adelaide, nee Fetherston-
haugh, ... 74
Adrien Leonard Eccles, . 59
Allured Montgomery Downes, 71
Alexander (of Nixon Hall), 68,
167, 170
Alexander, ... 69
Alexander (Capt.), . 69
Alexander (Rev.), . 72, 73
Alexander (afterwards
Montgomery), . . 77
Alexander Edward, . 71
Alexander Percival St.
Aubyn, ... 59
Ambrose Leet, . . 64
Amelia Dorothea, . 182
Amy Louisa, iiee Wilson, 59
Andrew (Lieut.), . . 44
Andrew (Rev.), . 47, 138
Andrew (of Belnaleck), 70, 152
Andrew (Rev.), 19, 67. 83,
167. 169. 170. 172
Andrew, ... 84
Andrew (of Lurgan Lodge), 96
Andrew, ... 96
Andrew (of Cavan), 138, 139,
140
Anna, Mrs. Blake, . 69
Page
Nixon, Anna, .... 88
,. Anna 179
Anna 179
,, Anna, nee Barrett, . 181
,. Anna Maria, nee Mont-
gomery, . . .73, 80
,. Anna Selina, Mrs. Grattan 90
,, Anna Sophia. Mrs. Thistle-
thwaite, ... 181
,, Aima Susanna, . . 179
,, AnnabeUa, Mrs. Hanna, 97
., Anne, Mrs. Higinbotham, 47, 151
„ Anne, ... 48, 169
,. Anne, nee Rothery, . 48, 49
„ Anne, .
„ Anne, Mrs. Pierce,
,, Anne, .
„ Anne, Mrs. Rogers,
Anne, Mrs. Kenworthey,
„ Anne, nee Walker,
Arme, .
„ Anne, .
„ Anne, Mrs. Swanzy,
49
49
49
52
65
61
62
77
84, 99.
170. 172
86
. 177
nee
73
Anne, nee Stewart,
Anne, IMrs. Purdon.
Anne Catherine,
Harpur,
Anne Philadelphia, nee
Braham. ... 64
Anne Susanna, nee Lyons, 178
Annette, nee Campbell. 54
Archibald, ... 44
Archibald, ... 45
Arthur William Lennox, 62
Augusta, Mrs. Dalziel, . 179
Augusta Ehza, Mrs. Scott-
Murray, . . .180
Augusta Laura, Mrs. Roch-
fort, . . .182
Barbara, Mrs. Corry, . 84
Blanche, Sirs. Beare, . 71
Brian George Michael
Frederick, . . 74
Brinsley, ... 83
Brinsley (Rev.). . . 141
Brmsley (Capt.), . . 142
Brinsley de Courcy, 144, 150
Brinsley Hampton, . 150
Britannia, nee Morris-Jones, 87
Britannia, Mrs. Crookshank, 88
Caroline Mary, nee GooJd. 144,
150
Catherine, nee Acheson, 67, 170
Catherine, Mrs. Barton, 68,
167, 170
Catherine, Mrs. Nixon, 68, 94
Catherine, ... 70
Catherine, Mrs. Hudson, 75
Catherine, Mrs. Hands, 177
Catherine Anne, . . 149
Catherine Henrietta, nee
Ram, . .179
Catherine Henrietta, Countess
de Nyevelt, 179
Cecil Amy, ... 60
Charles, ... 62
Charles, ... 96
206
Page
Nixon. Charles Alexander New-
burgh, ... 74
„ Charles Howard Fether-
stonhaugh, . . 74
„ Charlotte nee Fergus, . 150
,, Charlotte, nee Rancher, 178
„ Charlotte Evelyn, . 150
„ Clara Mary, Mrs. Eckersall, 143
,, Constantia Agnes, Mrs.
Wynne, . . 143
,, Constantia Mary Anne, nee
Armstrong, . . 142
,, CrommeUn St. Aubjoi, . 59
„ Daniel, ... 52
„ Dora, . . . .179
„ Dora Charlotte, Mrs.
Drought, . . .178
„ Dorothea, Mrs. Roclifort, 179
„ Dorothea Mary Anne, Mrs.
Harden, . . .179
„ Dorothea Rose nee Morris, 142
„ Eccles (Rev.), . o2, 109
Eccles (Major-Gen. Sir), 53
„ Eccles 62
„ Eckersall (Rev.), . . 142
„ Edward (Rev.), . . 142
,, Edward Atcherley Ecker-
sall 142
„ Edward Baynes (Major), 60
„ Edward J. (Rev.), . 179
Edward Maitland (Capt.), 58
,, Elinor, nee Beatty, . 96
„ Eliza, 70
., Eliza, Mrs. Harpur, . 73
„ Eliza 96
„ Eliza, Mrs. Dempsey, . 97
„ Eliza Anne, Mrs. Tyndall, 63
Eliza Anne, Mrs. Johnston, 64
,, Eliza Mary Anne, nee
Emerson, ... 58
„ Ehzabeth, ... 48
,, Ehzabeth, Mrs. Mac-
pherson, ... 57
, Elizabeth, Mrs. Nixon, . 71
'„ Elizabeth, . . . 71
„ Elizabeth, Mrs. Cxu:ry, . 75
„ Elizabeth, nee Reilly, . 83
„ Ehzabeth ... 94
Elizabeth, nee Johnston, 96
',[ Ehzabeth, Mrs. D'Oisy, 97
Elizabeth, nee Ward . 97
Elizabeth, Mrs. Meares, . 141
" Elizabeth, Mrs. Goold, . 143
" Ehzabeth, nee Hughes, . 150
[, Elizabeth, . . .177
Elizabeth, nee Browne, . 179
'', Elizabeth, . . .179
Elizabeth Adela, . . 53
Ehzabeth Frances Laura,
nee Oustaigne . . 64
Ehzabeth Mary, nee Griffin, 71
Ehzabeth Nina, . . 150
Ehzabeth Southern, nee
Royle, ... 71
„ Ellen 179
Ellen Lavinia Philadelphia,
Mrs. Worsley-Roberts, 60
„ Ellen Sophia, nee Cooper, 59
Page
Nixon, Emily, Mrs. Lyons-Mont-
gomery,
Emily Mabel Macdonald,
nee Cooper,
,, Emma Dorothea, Mrs.
Armstrong,
,, Emma Elizabeth, Mrs.
Dawson, .
,, Emma Fielding, nee Leet,
„ Emma Leet,
,, Fergus Brinsley (Capt.),
Florence, nee Benham, .
94
60
71
64
64
64
160
60
Frances, Mrs. Nixon,
Frances, Mrs. Enery,
. 49, 53
67, 128,
167
84,
nee
nee
Frances,
Frances, Mrs. Wray,
Frances Elizabeth,
Lyon,
Frances Evelyn,
Hampton,
Frances Maria, Mrs. S£aw,
Frances Maria, nee Hare,
Frances Neville, .
Frances Stella, Mrs. de
Cerjat,
Frances Stella, Lady May,
Frances Willoughby, nee
Yates,
Frank Alexander,
Frederick,
Frederick,
Frederick Alcock,
Frederick Eckersall,
Frederick Fleming,
Frederick Trimnell,
French,
George (of Granshagh),
George,
George,
George (Capt.),
George (of Nixon Hall),
168,
172
141
62
150
72
96
181
143
149
74
73
178
178
71
142
64
71
96
46
48
49
54
67,
169
68
George (of Nixon Hall)
George,
George (of Lurgan Lodge),
96,
George,
George,
George, M.D.,
George (of RedmiUs),
George (Major),
George (Lieut.),
George Alcock,
George Alco(5k,
George Alcock, M.D.,
George Alsager Fitzgerald,
George Eccles (Capt.),
94
73
84,
172
83
96
97
178
178
179
70
71
73,80
98
62
George Eccles, . . 62, 63
George Eccles, . . 62
George Eccles, . . 63
George Eccles, . . 64
George Eccles Priestley, 64
George Lennox, . . 53
George Michael (Surg.-
Major). .. . . 74
George Tate St. Aubyn, 69
Georgina, . . . 70
207
Nixon, Georgina, Mrs. Meharrv,
„ Geraldine Eccles CottreU,
Gilbert,
„ Gladys Elizabeth, Hon.
Mrs. Grosveaor,
,, Grisell, .
Hannah, nae Higinbotham,
Page
96
64
52
150
48
70.
152
70
73
70
73
73
73
181
Hannah, Mrs. Scott,
Hannah Frances, .
Hannah Georgina,
Harpur Colvill John (Rev.),
Harpur Cyril,
Harriet,
Harriet,
Harriet Osborne, Hon. Mrs.
Stopford, . . .143
Harriett Anna Elizabeth,
Mrs. Jlillner, . . gg
Helen, . .88
Helen Flora, Mrs. Prender-
Tgast, ... 68
Helen Philadelphia, Mrs.
Grant, ... 67
Helen St. Aubyn, . 69
Henry, ... 87
Henry (Lieut.-Col.), . 179
Henry, . . .179
Henry Clements, . . 64
Henry John, . . 181
Henry Scott, . . 62
Henry Scott, . . 62
Henry Scott, . 63
Henry Stewart (Lieut. ) , 88
Horatio Stopford (Capt.), 150
Humphrey (of Nixon
Lodge), . . 86, 87, 172
Humphrey (Lieut.), . 97
Humphrey Robert, 87
Humphrey Stewart (of
Nixon Lodge), . . 87
Isabel, . . 48, 169
Isabell, ... 45
Isabella, Mrs. Hamilton, 49
James, . 47, 168. 169
James, • • . 48
James (Capt.), . . 49, 53
James, • ■ . 49
James (of Cummany). . 52
James, ... 63
James, • . . 73
James, ... 75
James (Lieut.), . . 97
James Hamilton Fitz-
Gerald, » . . 93
James Lennox, . . 62
James Lennox, . . 62
Jane. . 48, 169
Jane, nee Monaghan, . 49
Jane, Mrs. Knipe, 49
Jane, nee , . . 66
Jane, Mrs. Hassard, 68, 170
Jane .... 70
Jane, nee Alcock, . 70
Jane, Mrs. Power, 77
Jane, Mrs. Burrows, . 96
J me, , . . , 97
Jane, Tiec Hamilton. . 97
Nixon, Jane, .
„ Jane, nee James, .
Jane, .
Jane Fielding Ould,
, Janet, )iee Axrastrong,
,, Jemima, nee Alcock,
Jemima, Mrs. Field,
,, Jemima,
., Jemima,
„ Jemima Georgina Mary,
,, Jemima Juliana, Mrs
FoUis,
,, John (of Granshagh),
Page
177
177
178
64
45
72
72
73
74
74
71
47, 48.
169
John (Major). . . 58
John. .... 73
John (Capt.). . 140
John 177
John (of Redmills), . 177
John 178
John (of Carrick). . 178
John, . . . .179
John Clements, . . 62
John Eccles (C.B. Major-
Gen.), ... 59
John Lyons (Lieut.-Col), 181
John Pigott (Major-Gen.), 58, 59
jQseph (Lieut.-Col.). . 53. 54
Joseph, . . . 61, 62
Julia, .... 70
Juliana Mary Anne, nee
Alcock, ... 74
Katharine,'riee Johnstone, 141
Kathleen Frances" Maud, 62
Kathleen ilargaret Alsager,
nee Pollock, . . 98
Kathleen Melville, nee
Doull, ... 64
Kathleen St. Aubyn, . 59
Kenneth St. Aubyn, . 59
Lennox, ... 53
Letitia, Mi-s. BailUe, . 88
Lilah Eveleen, . . 62
Louis Hamilton, . 73
Louisa Mary, nee Peare, 70
Lucy, nee Percy. . . 66
Lucy. . . . .143
Lucy Adele, nee Pratt, . 64
Lucy Catherine, nee
Wjmne, . . 142
Magdalene, Mrs. Cooke. 178
Margaret, Mrs. Hassard, 44
Margaret, Mrs. Carr, 47, 169
Margaret, nee , . 48
Margaret, ilrs. Young. 67. 167
Maria, ... 74
Maria, «ee Crawfurd, . 87
Marianne, nee French, 19, 83,
168. 172
Jlarian, Mrs. Hudson, . 89
Mario, nee Louis, . . 73
Marie Therese Amelia,
nee Lines, . . 59
Marjorie Adelaide Eileen,
Mrs. Millar. . . 74
Marmaduke George (Lieut.-
Col.), . . .179
Martha, Mrs. Bulteel, . 49
208
Page
Nixon, Martha, nee Kitchenham, 139
,, Martha Plunkennette, nee
Wisdom, ... 74
Mary, .... 49
Mary, nee Ecclea, . 51
Mary, nee Conry, . 52
Mary, Mrs. Wood, . 57
Mary 62
Mary, nee Stogdell, 66, 167
Mary, Mra. Higinbotham, 68,
152. 167, 170
Mary, nee Montgomery, 68
Mary 69
Mary, nee Enery, 69, 131, 139
Mary, Mrs. Nixon, . 69,70
Mary, . . . . 70
Mary, .... 71
Mary, Mrs. O'Donoughoe, 76
Mary, nee Hamilton, 139, 140
141
177
177
177
178
178
72
97
181
181
62
62
62
72
83, 172, 185
60
70
71
70
179
150
64
98
Mary, nee Hartigan,
Mary, Sirs. Nixon,
Mary, nee , .
Mary, Mrs. Moxham, .
Mary, nee Desbrisay,
Mary, Mrs. Taylor,
Mary Anne, nee Keating,
Mary Anne,
Mary Anne, nee Suther-
land,
Mary Anne, Mrs. Delhoste,
Mary Bailey,
Mary Jane, Mrs. Yoimg,
Mary Jane, nee Allison,
Mary Jane, .
Mathew,
Mervyn Ossory,
Montgomery,
Montgomery,
Montgomery Do-ivnes, .
Murray Octavius (Col.),
Nancy Gladys,
Noreen Adele Clements,
Obr6 Alsager FitzGerald,
Oscar Frederick Drelin-
COlU't,
Penelope Eliza, nee Jack-
son, ....
Peter
Rebecca, nee Hassard, .
Rebecca Henrietta, nee
Young,
Rebecca Mary Anne, Mrs.
Irvine,
Richard Phepoe (Lieut.),
Robert,
Robert,
Robert (C.B. Lieut.-Col.),
Robert,
Robert,
Robert (of Cranleybeg) .
Robert (Rev.),
Robert,
Robert (Lieut.-Col.),
Robert Cramer,
Robert Fielding Ould, .
Robert Herbert (Rev.),
Robert Law Drelincoiirt,
Rose, nee Phepoe,
65
97
179
44
64
64
84
44
62
74
87
177
177
178
178
179
64
64
142
64
84
Page
Nixon, Sarah, nee Scott, . , 62
Sarah, Mrs. EUis, . 88
Sarah, nee Fetherston-
haugh, . . .178
Sarah Maria, . . 63
Sophia, Mrs. Ward, . 72
Stella Frances Eliza, Mrs.
Frend, . . .143
Sydney Herbert Leet, . 64
Thomas, ... 45
Thomas, ... 45
Thomas (of Kingstown), 47, 66,
167
Thomas, . . 68, 167
Thomas, ... 70
Thomas, ... 72
Thomas, ... 72
Thomas, ... 73
Thomas (Capt.), . . 74
Thomas, ... 87
Thomas, . . .178
Thomas, . . .179
Thomas Marie, . . 73
Walter , . .178
WiUiam ( of Mullaghduff )* 48,
169, 170
WiUiam (of Mullaghduff), 49
William, ... 53
William, ... 87
WiUiam, ... . 87
WiUiam, ... 96
Winifred Elizabeth Arm-
strong, Mrs. Morres, . 143
Wyndham Henry Ecker
sail, ....
Nixon-Eckersall :
,, Clara Laura Edith, .
,, Florence Eleanor, nee
Scobell, .
,, Frederick Eckersall
(Capt.), .
,, George Montague,
Nixon (of a different family),
142
142
142
142
142
35
Nixon-Montgomery, see Montgomery.
Noble 184
Nooth, .
Norbury,
Norman,
Norton, ,
Nugent, .
Oakes, .
O'Brien,
O'Conor,
O'Donnell,
O'Donoughoe,
0 'Flanagan,
O'Grady,
O'Hara, .
OldnaU-Russell,
Oliver, .
Ormonde,
O'Rorke,
O'Rourke,
Orpin, ^ .
60
116
25
92
38, 195
93
160
95
63, 95
76
72
66
191
190
189
58, 148
101
49
48
209
Page 1
Page
Osborne,
144
Reynolds,
. 20, 21, 22.
85, 124, 191
Ottley, .
132
Rialan, .
• • •
182
Oustaigne,
64
Richards,
• • *
146
Ovenden,
. 69, 94
Richardson,
29, 30, 61, 68
74, 81, 188,
Ovens, .
192, 193
189
Overend,
. 149
Richmond,
108
Owen,
31, 32, 33
Rickaby,
36
Rickard,
22
Righy, .
56
Risley, .
186
Paget, .
147, 190
Roberts,
108
Paisley, .
139
Roberts, see
Worsley-Roberts.
Pakenham,
96
Robertson,
72
Palairet,
, 142
Robinson,
118
Palmer, .
. 191
Roche, .
. 175
Parker, .
188
Rochfort,
41, 179, 182
Parr.
119, 194
Rogers, .
. 52. 99
Parsona,
. 124
Romer, .
156
Patry, .
. 105
Rosborough,
70. Ill
Patterson,
. 124
Rose,
32, 182
Patton, .
36
Ross,
21, 112
Peacocke,
68
Rothery,
48, 49
Peare,
70
Rothwell,
120
Pendleton,
158, 159
Rouse, .
8
Pendred-Saunders, .
190
Routh, .
58
Penrhyn, see Leycest
er-Penrhyn.
Royds, .
. 33, 41
Perceval,
. 148
Royle, .
71
Percy,
66
Russell, .
32
Perrott, .
7
Russell, see Oldnall- Russell.
Phepoe,
84
Rutland,
.
42
Pierce, .
49
Rutter, .
■ • ■
113
Pigot, .
160, 161
Ryland, .
•
193
Pigott, . IS
(, 22, 23, 24, 25
Piper,
. 161
Pitt,
129
Plowden,
55
St. Aubyn,
• •
180
Pole-Gell, see Chandc
)s-Pole-Gell.
St. George,
94, 129
Pollock, .
98
St. Germans
129
PoUok see Crawfvirc
i-Pollok.
Sadleir, .
. 92, 94
Ponsonby,
30
Sadler, .
20
Powell, .
48
Sampson,
20
Power, .
. 77, 82
Samuel, .
135
Powerscovirt, .
78
Sargent,
110
Pratt, . . 32
, 50, 64, 111, 182
Saimders,
134
Prendergaat, .
58, 120
Saunders, see Pendred-Saunders.
Preston,
159
iSavile, see Lumley-Savile.
Priestley,
. 55, 56, 57
Savoye .
.
135
Prince, .
31
Saxby, .
,
195
Pringle, .
128, 129, 130
Scarbrough,
,
146
Prinsep, .
156
Scherer, .
,
135, 136
Piu-don, .
. 177
Schoales,
Scholfield,
Scobell, .
•
. 182
. 146
142
Scott, .
.
48!
62, 70, 148
Quin,
. 144
Scott-Murray,
180, 181
Quin, see Wyndhan
i-Quin.
Seaman,
151. 169
Qiiinn, .
122, 123
Seaton, .
Seaver, .
Seton,
Seward, .
149
99
126
. 137
Baikes, .
21
Shannon,
85
Bam, .
179
Sharp,
. 110
Reade, .
33, 154
Shaw,
72, 139, 140
Redington,
24
Sheehan,
196
Beede, .
72
Sheffield,
130
Raid,
. 76, 102, 125
Shegog, .
99
Beilly, .
84
Sheridan,
,
. 18, 35
Bencher,
. 178
Sherrard,
•
120, 121
u
210
Page
Pase
Sherwood,
9
! Thomond, . . . .191
Shone,
92
Thompson, 21, 35, 50, 152, 158, 159,
Siddall. .
. 109
i 163, 165, 193
Simpson,
. 118
Thomson, . . . .116
Singleton,
38
1 Tichborne 181
Sinton, .
. 182
Tisdall, . . 4, 6, 38, 39, 40, 41
Siree,
86
Toler 110, 116
Sissmore,
58
i Tone 20
Skeen, .
. 156
1 Tonnochy 113
Skene, .
164
Torrens, .... 36
Slane,
139, 140
Tottenham 37
Slater, .
191
Towers 23
Slator, .
. 195
TrancheU, . . . .122
Slemmon,^-—
1 . .110
145
Trench, .... 142. 144
Sligo, .
Trevor- Battye. . . . 180
Sloley, .
60
Tronson, .... 182
Smith, .
. 34, 52, 60
Tweedie 106
Smith-Barry,
149
Twigge, 160
Smyth, .
33, 38, 186. 194
Tyndall 63
Smyth-King,
.. 50
Tyrone 86
Somervell,
51
Somerville,
34, 35. 36, 37
Soutter, .
. 124
Uniacke, .... 86
Sparrow,
. 129
Usher. . . . 162, 163
Spinks, .
105
Spottiswoode,
188
Sproule,
. 117
.Vallancey, .... 50
Stalbridge,
. 150
Vance 76
Stafford,
82
Vavasour, .... 60
Stanford, 2
7, 28,"
29, 30, 31, 32, 33
Veitch 185
Stanley, .
77
Ventry 40
Stanton,
18
Verner 78, 152
Starmer,
37
Verse hoyle, .... 145
Stawell, .
. 116
Vivian, ..... 149
Steele, .
116, 193
Voules 40, 41
Stephens,
121
Stewart, 67, 68, 86,
87. 90, 94, 121, 189
Stewart, see Hamill
-Stewart.
Stogdell,
66
Wadmore, .... 106
Stone,
91
Waldo, see Meade- Waldo.
Stopford,
117, 143, 179
Walker, ... 62, 100. 109
Story,
67, 132
Wallen 24
Stratford,
78, 191
Walsh 96
Stratton,
. 165
Walton 25
Studdert,
57
Wandesforde-Butler, . . 148
Sutherland,
. 181
Warburton, . . 3, 4, 5, 6, 34, 35
Swancey,
. 184
Warburton, see Egerton- Warburton.
Swansea,
149
Ward, . . 48, 49, 72, 97, 155, 191
Swansee,
. 186
Wardlaw 141
Swansey,
186
Warren, 2, 155
Swanzy, 15, 47, 66, 84, 92, 99, 100,
Waterford, .... 86
102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108,
Wathen, . .145
109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114. 115.
Watson, ... 48, 158
116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121. 123,
Watson, see Farnell-Watson.
127, 170, 171, 172, 173, 175, 184,
Watt 160
185. 186, 194, 196
Weaver, . . . .194
Sweny 189
Welsh 192
Synnot, . . . 124. 125, 126
Went worth 188
West, . . . 81, 114
Westby 120
Westmeath 78
Talbot 7
Westminster, . . . .150
Tandy. .
. 85, 86
White 75, 185
Tatam, .
. 136
Whitford, .... 89
Taylor, .
. 7, 178
Whitla 101
Tenison,
88
Whitshed 130
Tew,
102
Whyte, 150
Thistlethwaite,
181
Wildman 184
211
Wileman,
Wilkinson,
Willans, .
Williams,
Williams, see Lloyd-Williams.
Willmer,
Wills,
Willson, .
Wilmott,
Wilson, 21, 56, 59. 73. 115.
126,
Wilson, see Cams-Wilson.
Wilson-Slator,
Wilton, .
Winchester,
Wingfield,
Wingfield-Stratf ord ,
Wisdom,
Page
184
91
123
25
106
178
123
151
119, 120,
153, 195
195
196
190
79
79
74
Page
Witherington, . .20, 21
Wolfe 80
Wood, . . .57, 72, 157, 159
Woodward, .... 88
Workman, .... 39
Worsley-Roberts, ... 60
Wray, 141
Wright, . . . 105, 158, 159, 163
Wrixon, 114
Wybrants, . . . 175, 176
Wyndham-Quin, . 148, 149
Wynne, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147.
148
Yates ..... 74
Young, 62, 64, 67, 106, 132, 133, 134,
135, 167, 170, 186
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